Capital to provide extra services, including Wi-Fi, in public toilets

Beijing will provide extra services in 14,000 public toilets by providing Wi-Fi connections, automatic teller machines and charging facilities for electric vehicles. If the move proves to be successful, it may be promoted nationwide.

Beijing Environment Sanitation Engineering Group announced the plan over the weekend to diversify functions of public toilets, which have been notorious nationwide for being unsanitary.

By the end of November, the renovation of some public toilets with these services will be completed in the Fangshan district in suburban Beijing. The toilets will optimize inner space to create a public room that will be equipped for additional recharge payments, ATMs and self-service for train and flight tickets. Users can surf the Internet via free Wi-Fi and even borrow books from a library inside the public toilet.