More cash slated to equalize services

China should earmark more funding to ensure equal public services for its rural residents to better balance urban and rural development, said senior experts yesterday.

The Communist Party of China Central Committee (CPC) ended a key four-day plenum meeting on Sunday, having adopted several new reforms intended to boost rural development.

Among the key goals is integrating socioeconomic policies for both urbanites and rural dwellers, who are now divided by institutionalized disparities, by 2020.