The period of 1986—1990 saw great changes in the diet of the Chinese. Grain, which used to be the main food of most people in China, is now playing a less important role. On the other hand, the meat and fish has increased rapidly. The changes in diet can be accounted for by a number of factors. First, people are much wealthier than before. With higher income,they can afford to buy good foods. Another factor is that people have realized the importance of a balanced diet to their health. Lack of certain amount of meat or milk,for example, will result in poor health. Finally, owing to the eeonomic reform, meat, chicken, fish and milk, which were scarce in the past, are produced in large quantities. For all these reasons, what was formerly called "the basket of vegetables" has. To sum up, insignificant as those changes may seem, they are the signs of the improved economic condition in China. We believe that as long as the effort continuous in reform and opening to the outside world, there will be greater changes in people's diet in the future.
1986-1990年期間看到在中國人的飲食偉大的變化。糧食，過去是中國大多數人的主要食物，現在在發揮著重要作用。另一方面，肉類和魚類迅速增長。飲食的變化可以由一系列因素來解釋。首先，人們比以前更加富有。有了更高的收入，他們能買得起好的.食物。另一個因素是，人們已經意識到平衡飲食對健康的重要性。例如，缺乏一定數量的肉類或牛奶會導致健康狀況不佳。最後，由於經濟改革，肉，雞，魚和牛奶，這在過去是稀缺的，是大批量生產。因為所有這些原因，以前被稱為“菜籃子”的。總之，這些變化看起來微不足道，他們是中國經濟狀況改善的跡象。我們相信，只要改革開放，對外開放，人民的飲食在未來會有更大的變化。