Nine facts about Chinese food to know on World Food Day
October 16 is the World Food Day - a day that commemorates the founding of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization on October 16, 1945. To mark this special day, CGTN has put together of food facts in China.
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Chinese hotpot [Photo/China Daily] |
1. Data from The Paper reveals that the average daily calorie intake for a Chinese person was 3,084 kcal in 2013, twice the amount in 1961.
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