Food banks gain popularity


SHANGHAI: From 8am to 10am each morning, dozens of low-income families and sanitation workers in the Tangqiao neighbourhood in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area would line up in front of a food bank to collect free vegetables and fruits.

The establishment, created by Shanghai Oasis Ecological Conservation and Communication Centre in 2014, is the first of its kind established in the country.

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