Is it true that China is now fined for food that has not been eaten in a restaurant? How much will you have to pay if you do not master the portion.
Since April 29, in China, restaurant owners can collect a fine from customers who have left food on a plate. A fine of 10 thousand yuan (115 thousand rubles) is also threatened by restaurants that are encouraged to order excessively large portions.
The law has an ideological rationale, explained Alexander Lukin, head of the HSE Department of International Relations: “President Xi Jinping, taking this post, announced the beginning of the fight against waste. At first, this concerned officials and members of the Communist Party – they were told to live more modestly, not to spend too much, including on restaurants. Now this has affected the rest of the population, but under the slogan of fighting for a cleaner environment and reducing waste. ” And this campaign is already bearing fruit. If earlier in Chinese restaurants it was considered indecent to ask to wrap up leftover food in order to take it with you, now it is normal.
