What day is May 20, 2022?

May 20, 2022 is National Student Nutrition Day and also World Metrology Day.

1. National Student Nutrition Day:

The China Student Nutrition Promotion Association, established in 1989, was chaired by nutritionist Yu Ruomu and combined with the World Health Organization's 2000 Health for All With the strategic goal of health care, a ten-year student nutrition work plan from 1991 to 2000 was formulated. This plan is named "Seedling Protection System Project", which determines May 20 every year as Chinese Student Nutrition Day.

2. World Metrology Day:

On May 20, 1875, 17 countries signed the "Metric Convention" in Paris, France. This was an international measure adopted worldwide. Systems of units and intergovernmental agreements that ensure consistent measurements.

For more than 100 years, the International Metric Convention Organization has played a huge role in ensuring the unification of international measurement standards, promoting international trade and accelerating the development of science and technology. In 1999, the 21st International Conference on Weights and Measures designated May 20 of each year as "World Metrology Day".

The holiday significance of World Metrology Day

World Metrology Day is to let people fully understand metrology. Metrology is the science of measurement and the pillar on which all sciences depend. From people's daily life, industry, commerce, medical care, international trade, to the most cutting-edge science and high-tech fields, accounting is applied in practical applications all the time. Economics is the technical foundation for the development of all sciences. Its important role needs no praise.

Thousands of industrial products, commercial transactions, scientific and technological achievements, and scientific experiments cannot be without the support of measurement. Although everyone needs measurement and uses measurement everywhere, the meaning and role of measurement are rarely explained. Known and understood by the people who benefit from metering. This is one of the reasons why international organizations regard May 20th as World Metrology Day every year.

Through celebrations of World Measuring Day, publicity efforts will be increased to enable people to fully understand metrology, use metrology consciously, and strongly support metrology so that metrology can better serve industry, science and technology, trade and the people. Economic development services.