China to improve its rural living environment by 2020

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China aims to improve rural living environment and build a moderately prosperous society in its vast rural regions by 2020, according to the new three-year action plan released on Monday.

Jointly released by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, the action plan is aimed at improving China's rural living environment, as part of the country’s efforts to revitalize the countryside.

New houses built in villages in China./VCG Photo

"Although progress has been made, the living environment in rural China is very unbalanced with many areas in the grip of dirtiness and disorder. It falls short of people's expectations by far and marks a key weakness of social and economic development," it said.

According to the plan, villages, especially their toilets, should be clean and tidy. The toilet waste should be well utilized for recycling.

A tea plantation./VCG Photo

According to the plan, in some well-developed rural regions, 90 percent of the non-medical waste should be treated properly and modern toilets should be promoted widely.

In the remote villages with harsh living conditions and barren natural resources, the basic sanitary conditions must be provided and more relocation efforts should be taken, the plan added.

In addition, villagers should have enhanced hygiene and health awareness as well.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency