China advances "toilet revolution" in schools

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China has managed to ensure access to sanitary toilets for virtually all students in its primary and secondary schools as well as kindergartens nationwide following years of efforts to promote a toilet revolution, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday.

Toilets in 67,000 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have been renovated since the government launched a program in 2019, aiming to provide safe and clean toilet facilities on campus, figures from the ministry showed.

With the exception of a small handful of schools in certain areas, all the toilets in the nation's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have met the basic safety and sanitation requirements, the ministry told a press conference.