The State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference in Beijing 
on the morning of September 7, announcing that the International Conference on 
Food Loss and Waste, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, National Food and 
Strategic Reserves Administration, and Shandong Provincial People's Government, 
and themed "Reducing Food Loss and Waste for Global Food Security", will be 
held from September 9 to 11 in Jinan, capital of Shandong province.

Food loss and waste has been identified as a shared challenge of the 
international community. While seeking solutions to this issue, the world 
continues to suffer from the impact of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and faces 
frequent extreme natural disasters caused by climate change. In this context, 
the holding of an international conference on food loss and waste was proposed.

According to Li Meng, vice governor of Shandong province, the conference will 
be held both online and on site, with an on-site visit activity held in the 
morning of September 10 and the opening ceremony of the conference held in the 
afternoon, inviting relevant leaders and representatives of countries and 
international organizations to give a speech. Three thematic forums are 
scheduled to be held on September 11 focusing respectively on reducing food 
loss in production, reducing post-harvest food loss, and reducing food waste in 
consumption. It is expected that "Jinan Initiative on International Food Loss 
and Waste" will be released during the conference, and Shandong Provincial 
Action on Food Loss and Waste will be launched.

The conference will be addressed online by the agricultural ministers of Italy, 
the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, and other G20 member 
states, the special envoy of the United Nations Food Systems Summit, the 
director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

The conference will be attended by ambassadors to China from 15 countries.

SOURCE:  Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province

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