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Timeline of food and nutrition in China

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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"/>
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| 1992 || || || "Cereal consumption, already high, increased from 541.2 grams per day (70.0% coarse grains) in 1952 increases to 645.9 grams per day (15.9% coarse grains) in 1992." "Of the grains consumed in 1992, of which 15.9% were are coarse grains (e.g., corn, millet, oatmeal), down from 50.4% in 1978 and 70.0% in 1952."<ref name="China in the period"/> "The findings from the 28 provinces surveyed in 1992 showed that the average daily per capita energy intake varied from 1913 kcal in Hainan to 2720 kcal in Anhui."<ref name="fao.org"/>
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| 1992 || || || Daily energy intake of urban residents amount to 2,395 kilocalories per reference person, which is 101 kilocalories higher than that of the rural population.<ref name="China's Retreat from">{{cite book |last1=Riskin |first1=Carl |last2=Renwei |first2=Zhao |last3=Shih |first3=Li |title=China's Retreat from Equality: Income Distribution and Economic Transition |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=l2ilDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA244&dq=nutrition+in+china+%22in+1990..1999%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOgJeWgcrlAhW3DrkGHXGqAT0Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=nutrition%20in%20china%20%22in%201990..1999%22&f=false}}</ref>
| 1999 || Food || Policy || The food market further liberalizes, with only limited government regulations, including the food purchase price guide and prescribed quantities of food reserves, remaining in force.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 2000 || Nutrition || Literature || "anthropologist Jun Jing publishes ''Feeding China’s Little Emperors'', a collection of papers compiled by anthropologist Jun Jing, explores exploring the dietary patterns of children growing up in the post-Mao transition to a market economy, where children dictated dictate up to 70% of a family’s spending. For the first time in Chinese history, children were are able to express preferences for different foods instead of merely accepting what was is presented to them on the dining table. Food Local and foreign food companies in China and abroad started start to target both youths and the financially secure parents who wanted want to give their children the best. Many children in wealthy urban areas developed develop preferences for fast foods and processed foods instead of the traditional Chinese cuisine, leading to an increased prevalence of childhood obesity."<ref name="Nutrition Transition"/>
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| 2001 || Food || Distribution || Supermarkets account for 48 percent of urban food markets in China, an increase beyond 30 percent level in 1999.<ref name="Food and Agriculture">{{cite book |title=Globalization of Food Systems in Developing Countries: Impact on Food Security and Nutrition |edition=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ggBcejopzyYC&pg=PA169&dq=nutrition+in+china+%22in+1990..1999%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOgJeWgcrlAhW3DrkGHXGqAT0Q6AEIPTAC#v=onepage&q=nutrition%20in%20china%20%22in%201990..1999%22&f=false}}</ref>
| 2003–2005 || || || About 120 million Chinese from poor areas are estimated to be undernourished in the period.<ref name="Improving nutrition">{{cite web |title=China: Improving nutrition and food safety for China's most vulnerable women and children |url=http://www.mdgfund.org/node/179 |website=mdgfund.org |accessdate=11 September 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || Food || Intake || "Based on the annual grain output in China, food consumption per capita reached reaches 350 kg in 2004, 400 kg in 2010 and 450 kg in 2015the year.<ref name="Shoemaker"/>
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| 2005 || Food || Production || {{w|Aquaculture}}: China reports harvesting 32.4 million {{w|tons}}, more than 10 times that of the second-ranked nation, [[w:Fishing in India|India]], which reported 2.8 million tons.<ref name="FAO Fact sheet">{{w|FAO}} Fact sheet: [http://www.fao.org/Newsroom/common/ecg/1000565/en/factsheet.pdf Aquaculture in China and Asia]</ref>
| 2008 || Food || || China becomes a net importer of grains (namely {{w|sorghum}}, {{w|corn}}, distiller's dried grains with solubles, {{w|barley}}, {{w|wheat}} and {{w|rice}}).<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 2010 || Food || Production || " Based on the annual grain output in China, food consumption per capita reached 350 kg in 2004, reaches 400 kg in 2010 and 450 kg in 2015the year."<ref name="Shoemaker"/>
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| 2011 || || || 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"/>
| 2014 || Food || Production || Over 300 chinese farming enterprises have investments across 46 different countries.<ref name="Tubilewicz"/>
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| 2015 || Food || Production || " Based on the annual grain output in China, food consumption per capita reached 350 kg in 2004, 400 kg in 2010 and reaches 450 kg in 2015the year."<ref name="Shoemaker"/>
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