The restaurant industry in Sichuan's Tongjiang county has stirred up controversy with a waste pact that stipulates that banquets of two tables or more should have no more than 18 dishes per table and cost no less than 588 yuan. The pact was issued on Sept. 30 and signed by the local catering association, with an implementation date starting Oct. 1, the company said.

The pact is also an eye-opener, as other restaurants are curbing waste by offering smaller portions and reminding diners not to over-order. It also makes consumers spend less, and even though some businesses increase the price of some dishes to account for costs, they don't directly set a minimum price per table. And this convention, which stipulates that banquets of two tables or more can have no more than 18 dishes, is also a strong advocate of saving against waste.

But at the same time and stipulate that the price is not less than 588 yuan, it looks like a reduction of dishes to save to reduce waste but but stipulate the price, this practice is really not worth advocating, it although the surface looks to promote savings, but catering profits instead of increasing. The bottom line is that this convention is led by the local restaurant association, but the head of the association said that this is the Commerce Bureau to use the name of the restaurant association issued.

The Commerce Bureau denied this, saying that the convention was developed by the restaurant association and then filed in the Commerce Bureau, which is really laughable. Because such a serious hanging in the government website to regulate the document, even the developer is who are shirking each other. But whether it's a restaurant association or a government department shouldn't only have the interests of the businessmen without considering the consumers.

Merchants' profits are indeed important, but consumers' rights should also be upheld. What's more, the government's proposed savings in this convention not only failed to materialize, but also gave people a sense of formalism. And after netizens questioned this, the convention was only withdrawn from the government website, for the problems it created and did not carry out an investigation. The convention is unreasonable, but also not willing to give the public an explanation, this attitude in any case some perfunctory meaning. What's more, it is now the 11th Golden Week, catering associations set up in this convention is even more intriguing.