Xu Jingkun , member of China’s political body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has proposed vegetarian diet in official receptions of the body’s meetings in the aftermath of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. He expressed his concerns over a second wave of the virus and mooted that the official party meetings go for vegetarian menu.
Xu Jingkun, a member of #CPPCC from Jiangxi Province will propose to promote #vegetarian diet in official receptions during #twosessions. In spite of the central government's ban, wildlife can still be sometimes seen in official reception meals, Xu said. pic.twitter.com/fAzhcG0T1Q
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) May 19, 2020
China recently banned sale of wild life trade for meat eating purposes. This has affected the livestock farmers who breed wild life such as rat snakes, bamboo rat, beaver, elk, squirrel, cobra, etc. However, the trade remains legal for research and traditional medicine.
Animal rights group Humane Society International (HSI) noted that Hunan and Jiangxi are major wildlife breeding provinces. Revenue from wild life breeding business reached 10 billion Yuan in 2018. China has come up with special packages to help the wildlife trading community as they have been severely affected post-ban of animal sales.
Now the Chinese Communist Party has shifted to serve vegetarian food at state receptions. This will pass a message to the Chinese people to be responsible food consumers.
Looks like, China is all set to record a new chronicle of “vegetarian” dishes.