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| 1987 || Food || Policy || The Chinese government implements a strategy for agricultural development known as "promoting agriculture by sciences and technology". A large number of scientists are sent to the countryside to offer technical assistance in the use of advanced methods for production of {{w|grain}}, {{w|cotton}}, {{w|edible oil}}, {{w|livestock}} and {{w|fish}}. The state increases the utilization of chemical fertilizer, agricultural machinery and irrigation, trains agricultural technicians and popularizes advanced techniques. It is estimated that 30 to 40 percent of the total increase in agricultural production is attributable to science and technology.<ref name="and nutritional status"/>
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| 1987 || Food || {{w|International trade}} || Total grain net imports amount to 13 million tons in the year. Although this figure would subsequently decline, China would remain a net importer of cereals even after a strong recovery of grain production between 1989 and 1991.<ref name="Shujie"/>
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| 1988 || Food || Policy || A national project to promote the production of non-staple food and secure the market supply (known informally as the "Food-Basket Project") is proposed by the {{w|Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China}} and approved by the [[w:State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]]. The project is implemented nationwide and remarkable improvements in production, marketing and consumption of non-staple foods would be made.<ref name="and nutritional status"/>
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| 1991 || Food || Consumption || Meat consumption by urban households starts declining, while fish consumption starts increasing steadily.<ref name="China Situation"/>
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| 1991–1995 || Food || Cost || China suffers from inflation and rapid price increases for food products. Consumer price index for red meat, poultry and eggs increases more than 40 percent in 1994 and more than 25 % in 1995.<ref name="China Situation"/>
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| 1991–1997 || Nutrition || Intake || Mean intakes of energy decline from 101.8 percent of the Chinese recommended daily allowance to 95.2 percent, with means below the RDA in rural (92 percent) but not urban (102.7 percent) residents. In the same period, mean intakes of dietary fats increase from 21.8 to 27.7 percent of energy. Mean intakes of animal foods (meats and poultry, fish and eggs) increase by about 25 percent, from 105.6 to 131.6 g/day.<ref name="Food and Agriculture"/>
| 1995 || Food || Production || China reaches its target of 95 per cent food self-sufficiency.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 1995 || Food || {{w|International trade}} || Chinese exports account for more than 11% of the world aquatic market.<ref name="China Situation"/>
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| 1995 || || || A policy asks schools to emphasize physical education as well as classroom learning, to promote higher levels of activity and help reduce early obesity.<ref name="Food and Agriculture"/>
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| 1995–1999 || Food || {{w|International trade}} || Imports of French fries from the {{w|United States}} increases tenfold in the period.<ref name="Food and Agriculture"/>
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| 1996 || Food || Infrastructure || China has roughly 700 dairy processing plants.<ref name="China Situation"/>
| 2011 || Nutrition || || By this time, the average Chinese per capita daily calorie consumption is higher than that of {{w|Thailand}}, {{w|Vietnam}}, {{w|Malaysia}}, {{w|Indonesia}}, and the {{w|Philippines}}. Also, China's levels of plant-based calorie consumption are marginally lower than those in the {{w|United States}}, but animal-based calorie consumption still trails by 30%.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 2012 || Food || {{w|International trade}} || China becomes the largest global importer of food and beverages.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 2013 || Food || Consumption || By this time, the average Chinese person consumes approximately 57kg of meat per year, of which 71 per cent is pork.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
