The purpose of this paper is to explore the current status and issues concerning school lunch systems in urban areas of China. In order to find out features of urban areas’ school lunch systems, the author investigated the current status of implementation in rural China by analyzing the specified contents in guidelines for promoting school lunch systems for economic urban areas of China, with special focus on Beijing and Nanchang Cities in September, 2015. There were two detailed investigations. ① This is of two 9-year combined elementary-and-junior-high schools; one which could provide better school meals in Beijing City, and one which was relatively behind with the development. ② This is of an elementary school in a ward of inner-city Nanchang.