‘Spring cookout’ at primary school in China allowing students to cook for themselves goes viral, splits opinion on safety versus independence

A rural school in China has gone viral after a video of students on an excursion cooking their own lunches appeared on social media. Unlike most mainland schools where students bring packed lunches to excursions, the school in southwestern China asked students to cook their own. — SCMP

Students at a rural school in southwestern China have become the envy of millions of mainland Chinese Internet users after bringing kitchenware and food ingredients on an outing to cook meals for themselves.

Last week, hundreds of primary and secondary school students from Huayan Nine-year School in Anyue county, Sichuan, joined an annual spring outing event, Jimu News reported.