Nine facts about Chinese food to know on World Food Day

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5. Chinese people are one of biggest vegetable eaters. By 2000, China ranked first in the world average consumption of vegetables, according to data from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. China's per capita consumption of vegetables in 2013 was 347.83 kilograms, while the rest of the world's per capita vegetable consumption was no more than 280 kilograms.