Beijing will strengthen centralized dining management in primary and secondary schools

In late September, Beijing formulated and issued an implementation plan for the city's education system to stop food waste, guiding students to cherish food, eat in a civilized manner, and implement the "CD Action" in every school

The Beijing Municipal Education Commission stated that the city will further strengthen the food-saving education and habit formation of students, continue to strengthen the management of centralized dining in primary and secondary schools and standardize the management of college canteens, continuously improve the quality of campus dining, and strive to improve the satisfaction of students at school

Student conversations with chefs suggesting campus recipes

"In school, what kind of food do you not like to eat? On average, how many times do you add more meals a day? What kind of food has the most leftovers?" .

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that the school not only invites students to enter the cafeteria to talk to the masters of the cafeteria, but also invites the masters of the cafeteria to enter the classroom every day to pay attention to the characteristics of the students' diet at any time and adjust the recipes in the cafeteria in time

In addition to Fengtai Five Elementary Schools, the Dongcheng District Education Commission also encourages schools to conduct surveys, conduct satisfaction surveys, develop recipes that balance nutrition and taste, improve the quality of nutritional meals for students, and avoid waste on the tip of the tongue

Canteen procurement "quantity on demand" to reduce waste

In addition to reducing leftover meals, the Municipal Education Commission also emphasized that schools should do a good job in the daily management of student canteens, and integrate the concept of conservation throughout all aspects of raw material procurement, processing operations, service management, etc.

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that the Changping District Education Committee has made it clear that the next step will be to address the existing problems, such as the large purchase of raw materials in some school canteens, resulting in waste, etc.

Colleges and universities in the capital also responded actively to the requirements of the Municipal Education Commission

Push small portions, half portions, etc.

"The weight of finished dishes without juice and soup has been reduced from 160 grams per serving to 100 grams per serving, and the price has been appropriately lowered

The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Education Commission stated that schools should follow the principles of nutrition and health, moderate frugality, scientifically nutritious meals, and reasonable matching of dishes to meet the diverse needs of students, and gradually change the traditional price of the same dishes, the same dishes, the same quality, and the same amount.

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that schools in Haidian District have optimized the way of serving meals, and promoted on-demand rationing, volume-based pricing, and half-dishes and small portions, so that teachers and students can choose the right amount and avoid waste caused by excess meals

Frugal meals included in the comprehensive quality evaluation of students

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that in order to transform students into a "CD tribe", Beijing's major primary and middle schools use a variety of daily supervision methods and incentive methods to guide teachers and students to become "CD tribes", and even some schools explore the use of modern information.

"How much you eat, how much you eat, and the food is eaten up.

In universities, the China Fire and Rescue Institute installed cameras in the tray recycling area to strengthen daily supervision through technical means and promptly remind and correct food waste

Stop food waste from being included in the school's annual assessment

It is worth noting that in the process of implementing the "CD Action", some schools have inaccurate understanding, poor understanding, and eagerness to pursue results

The Municipal Education Commission urged all district education committees and colleges and universities to increase their assessment efforts, and included the prevention of food waste and the development of food-saving education in the school's annual assessment
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Give praise or commendation to schools, departments and individuals with outstanding work performance, expose or report criticism in an appropriate way for poor work advancement, and severely deal with schools with serious waste
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At the same time, the work of preventing food waste will continue to be included in the important content of education supervision and evaluation and daily inspection.
The leaders of the Municipal Education Working Committee and the Municipal Education Commission will regularly lead teams to the school to conduct open and unannounced visits
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In the next step, the city will continue to standardize the management of college canteens, continue to strengthen the management of centralized dining in primary and secondary schools, continuously improve the quality of on-campus dining, and strive to improve the satisfaction of the majority of students in school dining
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"Save food and eliminate waste" will also be included in the teaching content of ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities
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The city continues to promote daily behavior education in primary and secondary schools, raise the level of awareness of the importance of food conservation among primary and secondary school students, strengthen the supervision of home-school linkages, and timely feedback students' wasteful behavior at school, and jointly promote the development of good dining habits
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Text/Reporter Wu Wenjuan