Focus on the "three counter-actions" in the 13th five-year Plan to combat food waste

"carry out in-depth actions against excessive packaging, food waste and excessive consumption"-- the "three counter actions" were put forward in the "proposal of the CPC Central Committee on the formulation of the 13th five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" released a few days ago. firmly say "no" to waste and other behaviors.

The planning proposal said that this action should be used to "promote the formation of a social ethos of diligence and thrift". This proposal to guard against extravagant consumption and stop the trend of extravagance is eye-catching and resonates among cadres and masses.

The first reverse: the "face" of over-packaging should be "reduced".

Silk ribbon, retro imitation leather, mahogany carving, double gift boxes. Luxury packaging, the price of tens of thousands of tobacco and alcohol, tea, health products, cosmetics, was once very popular.

Hou Yunchun, former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, has previously said that excessive packaging is a huge waste in China's economy. 1/3 of the urban garbage is packaging, and more than half of the packaging is excessive packaging. To solve the problem of excessive packaging, it is expected that a lot of social resources can be saved every year.

In addition to producing waste and polluting the environment, the reason why excessive packaging has been widely criticized is that behind luxury gifts, there is a hidden figure of public money consumption and public money gift-giving. Since the implementation of the eight regulations, the trend of corruption in celebration of festivals has been greatly restrained. However, during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, information on the website of the Ministry of Supervision of the Central Commission for discipline Inspection and a visit by reporters found that some high-end hotels and shopping malls in Beijing, Guangdong, Fujian, and other places, luxury and high-priced moon cakes have been changed to "privately customized" and other "tricks" have reappeared. Shanghai quality Supervision Department also reported in July that Luzhou laojiao, Tangchen Beijian, Kangfulai, Shancun and other brand products have excessive packaging problems.

Experts say that excessive packaging is not compatible with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation advocating thrift, but also runs counter to the requirements of building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society.

"the 13th five-year Plan proposes to put forward the concept of green development and shared development. A very important requirement is that everyone takes care of the environment and saves resources." Professor Zhu Lijia of Chinese Academy of Governance said. He said that for the problem of excessive packaging, on the one hand, it is necessary for the whole society to establish a consumption consciousness of ecological civilization, environmental protection and conservation, and at the same time, it is also necessary to formulate and promulgate relevant laws and regulations on packaging as soon as possible, so as to limit the flooding of excessive packaging from the source.

"second reverse": resist food waste and cherish limited resources

"luxury and high-end can only be regarded as rich, and only when there is leftover after a meal can one be sincere." For a long time, the phenomenon of food waste in China is very serious.

The central government issued the "eight regulations" to vigorously oppose the "four winds", effectively stopped the table waste caused by eating and drinking with public funds, and the phenomenon of waste improved significantly. Recently, however, the phenomenon of wasting food has appeared in people's field of vision in another way. Not long ago, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, fried 4 tons of "maximum fried rice" to challenge the Guinness Book of World Records, and then some of the fried rice was sent as kitchen waste to feed pigs.

The huge waste caused by the absurd "record" runs counter to the "strict practice of diligence and thrift" advocated by the whole society. This shows that curbing "waste on the tip of the tongue" cannot be achieved overnight, and there is still a long way to go to save food.

Some people say that as China's grain output is "twelve consecutive abundant", it is no longer a problem to eat, is it still important to save grain?

Hunger is a silent crisis. "at present, China still has more than 70 million poor people in rural areas, more than 20 million urban minimum security personnel and people in need, and this national condition determines that we should not be extravagant and wasteful." Said Li Lusheng, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Economics of Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences.

According to the data released by the State Grain Administration in 2014, the annual loss and waste caused by grain storage, transportation and processing alone is as high as 70 billion jin, and about 35 million tons of grain is wasted outside the table every year.

"the problem of food waste is a major challenge to China's food security in the future." Cheng Guoqiang, a researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council, pointed out that in the future, China should further improve the design of policies and regulations, and establish a food management system, a pricing system, and a waste punishment system to reduce waste and loss. let the whole society cherish grain as a "scarce resource."

"the third reverse": keep the luxury consumption cool

China is becoming a big consumer of luxury goods in the world. Some studies have pointed out that excessive consumption behavior in China is mainly manifested as "advanced consumption, conspicuous consumption and morbid consumption".

According to the 2015 report on the Development of China's Consumer Market released by the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, the global consumption of luxury goods by Chinese consumers reached US $106 billion last year, accounting for 46% of global luxury consumption, making it the largest luxury consumer in the world.

A survey of 90 Chinese cities found that average consumption of luxury goods in most product categories increased compared with last year, according to a survey released in October by KPMG and the website of a luxury retailer. For example, watches are up 126%, bags are up 109% and jewelry is up 65%.

Experts believe that in addition to the extravagant consumption of goods, some places are still building super-standard buildings and halls and overdecorating, which is also wasteful.

Li Lusheng said that excessive consumption runs counter to building a conservation-oriented society. We should enhance public awareness of green consumption in various forms, save resources, and consciously resist abnormal consumption behaviors such as over-consumption and showing off consumption, as well as life styles with high consumption and high expenditure. We will issue relevant laws and regulations to curb excessive consumption as soon as possible. "the implementation of this' three evils'is conducive to the consolidation of previous achievements, and it is the right time to do so."

"the people take the officials as their teachers." Zhu Lijia said: curbing excessive consumption should start with party and government organs and leading cadres. To strictly govern the party, we must persevere in putting an end to extravagance, and relevant departments still need to expand supervision channels, innovate supervision methods, and resolutely stop new changes and problems in the field of work style.