Conference highlights achievements in rural child development
The foundation in 2007 piloted its nutrition improvement program in rural boarding schools of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Hebei province, providing nutritional lunches in canteens for 2,000 students.
In 2011, the national Nutrition Improvement Plan for Rural Students in Compulsory Education was implemented, and the foundation launched the School Nutrition Improvement Initiative under the commission of the Ministry of Education in 2015, which serves to monitor and examine the plan's effectiveness.
According to statistics provided by the foundation, up to September, the number of students benefiting from the plan exceeded 40 million, and more than 145,000 schools joined in the plan.
Li Bin, secretary-general of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, gave a keynote speech at the conference. She remarked that the government has been prioritizing the development of children and taken effective measures to reduce poverty, enhance welfare and guarantee the rights of children.
