BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In recent years, China's rural living environment has continued to improve, with the national rural sanitary toilet penetration rate exceeding 73 percent in 2023, the rural domestic sewage treatment (control) rate reaching more than 40 percent, and the proportion of administrative villages where domestic waste is collected, transported and treated will remain above 90 percent.
This is the news that the reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the 28th.
The person in charge of the relevant department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that in 2023, my country will summarize and promote the experience of the "Ten Million Project", and the construction of livable, workable and beautiful villages will be effective and effective. All localities have carried out in-depth rural construction actions, accelerated the shortcomings of rural public infrastructure, and orderly promoted the improvement of the rural living environment, with more than 95% of villages nationwide carrying out cleaning actions, and the appearance of villages has been significantly improved.
According to the "Five-Year Action Plan for the Improvement of Rural Human Settlements (2021 2025)" issued by the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China, by 2025, the rural living environment will be significantly improved, and new progress will be made in the construction of ecologically livable and beautiful villages.
Among them, the penetration rate of sanitary toilets in rural areas has increased steadily, and toilet feces have been basically effectively treated; The treatment rate of rural domestic sewage has been continuously improved, and indiscriminate discharge has been controlled; The level of harmless treatment of rural domestic waste has been significantly improved, and villages with conditions have realized the classification of domestic waste and the reduction of domestic waste at the source; The level of governance of rural human settlements has been significantly improved, and a long-term management and protection mechanism has been basically established.
It is understood that in 2024, the relevant departments will pragmatically promote rural construction actions, starting from the most urgent practical needs of farmers, planning to promote the popularization and inclusiveness of rural infrastructure and public services, and promote the key important things that can be felt and reached, so as to solidly promote the construction of livable, workable and beautiful villages.
The person in charge said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will take the lead in improving the rural living environment. Steadily promote the revolution of rural toilets, improve the long-term management and protection mechanism, mature one by one, and effectively improve the quality of toilet reform. Coordinate the promotion of rural domestic sewage and garbage treatment, improve the appearance of villages, and carry out village cleaning actions in an orderly manner.