As we all know, China feeds 1/5 of the world's population with less than 11% of the world's arable land. From this point of view, the country's food is also very valuable. However, the amount of food waste in China is staggering. How much food is wasted in China every year? According to a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, "China's food waste is serious. It is estimated that the total amount of food wasted in the country every year is equivalent to about 51 billion kilograms of food, which is equivalent to one tenth of the country's total grain output." Foreign media have also reported that China wastes enough food to feed 211 million people every year, which is really amazing. There is another data that can prove the seriousness of our waste of food: according to a survey on the leftovers of some universities in Beijing, the total amount of food dumped is about one-third of the total amount of food purchased by students. According to the total number of college students in China is 28.6 million (data at the end of 2119), college students throw out food that can feed about 11 million people a year every year.

In fact, this is not the latest data. According to the latest data, China wastes 111 billion kilograms of grain every year, which is also very alarming. According to the research group of Chongqing Investigation Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics, "Food Supply and Demand in China and Trend Forecast during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", it is estimated that in the consumption link, the total amount of wasted food in China is equivalent to about 111 billion Jin of food each year, which can support the needs of about 351 million people for one year.

Of course, food waste is a worldwide problem, not only in China. According to the data of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the global waste of food reaches 1.6 billion tons every year, of which 1.3 billion tons is edible. According to China's per capita grain possession of 471 kilograms, 1.6 billion tons can feed 2.77 billion people, which is almost equal to the population of two China. It's equivalent to two years' grain. It takes 3.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide to produce these wasted grains every year, compared with 3.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted by global fossil fuels in 2118. Every year, one * * * of wasted grain is planted on 1.4 billion hectares of land. You know, in 2119, China's cultivated land area was only 2.123 billion mu, which is equivalent to the total cultivated land area of 11 China. Every year, the total value of these wasted grains reaches 751 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to the total GDP of Saudi Arabia in 2119 of 779.3 billion US dollars.

According to the survey of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, China will have a bumper harvest this year, and the annual grain output is expected to increase at a high level. The grain output of China will be stable at more than 1.3 trillion Jin for six consecutive years. However, it is worth noting that although China has a bumper grain harvest, it still needs to be prepared for danger in times of peace and establish a sense of crisis. Judging from the situation all over the world, since the end of last year, locust plagues have broken out in many places around the world, affecting East Africa, the Middle East and India. In addition, some serious natural disasters have increased the uncertainty of global agricultural products supply, leading to fluctuations in the grain market. Some experts said that the epidemic has caused a comprehensive impact on global food production and demand, and the locust plague in some countries has affected food production, which may worsen the expectations of the global food market and form a panic superposition effect of countries snapping up, restricting sales and poor logistics. Therefore, from this point of view, the awareness of saving is also very important.