The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation sponsored a launch ceremony on Sept. 15 to call on a month-long donation event intended to supplement more nutritional food for children in poor regions, china.com reported.

Chen Xiwen, the deputy head of leading group in the CPC central committee on rural work, said that figuring out how to narrow the urban-rural gap has become the general focus.

The economic loss caused by malnutrition accounts for 4 percent of China’s GDP, according to the Chinese school-age youth nutrition and health survey conducted by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Right now, China has 290 million children aged 14 and under, 15 million of whom are living in poverty.