China announced on Sunday plans to build and upgrade 64,000 public toilets between 2018 to 2020 as part of its « toilet revolution. »
China announced on Sunday plans to build and upgrade 64,000 public toilets between 2018 to 2020 as part of its « toilet revolution » aimed at boosting tourism and lifting the sector’s contribution to economic growth.
China has been keen to develop and expand services industries to move away from debt-fuelled and investment-driven growth, while offsetting the impact of persistently weak global demand for its exports.
Particularly, it has been looking at the emerging tourism industry, pledging late last year 2 trillion yuan ($290 billion)in investment which it hopes will help lift the sector’s contribution to annual economic growth. [
While three years of « toilet revolution » have led to « significant achievements », according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), the booming industry’s prospects are clouded by wide-spread complaints about toilet hygiene levels at China’s tourist sites.