Published on: 26/03/2012
The State Council of China has passed a five-year plan aimed to provide access to safe drinking water for 298 million rural residents from 2011-2015.
A total of 114,000 rural schools, and nearly 80 per cent of the rural population will have access to safe drinking water through centralized water supply facilities.
In China's 11th Five-Year Plan period from 2006-2011, 105 billion yuan (US$ 16.6 billion) was spent to provide safe drinking water for 210 million rural inhabitants.
Source: Xinhua, China Daily, 21 Mar 2012
