Hot on the heels of the success that we reported last week about Shark Savers Campaign to Stop Shrk Fin Soup, just in is news that China bans shark fin dinners for officials!!
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have banned shark fin and bird’s nest soup from official receptions and told lower level officials they cannot stay in suites on business trips in the latest step in a crackdown on extravagance and waste.
The official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday that cigarettes and expensive alcoholic drinks were also banned from official receptions, citing a document issued by the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council.
“Shark fins, bird nests and products of rare wild animals are popular materials in luxury dinners in China,” Xinhua cited the document as saying. “Officials on business tours should arrange their own meals according to relevant expenditure standards.”
They may not have done it for conservation reasons, but maybe its still a huge result!?!?
