"Egg and Milk Project" developed in NW China

Pupils eat eggs in Koujiayuan Township of Wubao County in Yulin, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 23, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

The government of Shaanxi has implemented "egg and milk project" since 2009, enabling rural children covered by compulsory education to have a bag of milk and an egg every day. More than 2.2 million students had benefitted from this project by the end of 2011.