China kick starts campaign against food wastage

China has stepped up measures to reduce food waste, after President Xi Jinping called the amount wasted shocking and distressing.

The clean plate campaign comes after Mr Xi highlighted that COVID-19 had sounded the alarm on food waste.

He added that china had to maintain a sense of crisis about food security.

It also comes after weeks of mass flooding across southern China which left farms wrecked and ruined tons of produce.