Nine facts about Chinese food to know on World Food Day

October 16 is the World Food Day - a day that commemorates the founding of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization on October 16, 1945. To mark this special day, CGTN has put together of food facts in China.

Chinese hotpot [Photo/China Daily]

1. Data from The Paper reveals that the average daily calorie intake for a Chinese person was 3,084 kcal in 2013, twice the amount in 1961.