Plan to boost lifestyles in rural areas

Garbage and sewage facilities among core issues to be tackled

A three-year action plan to improve rural living conditions will help see more effective and targeted measures in solving the most pressing problems in improving rural lives, experts said.

Li Zuojun, from the Research Institute for Resources and Environment Policies under the Development Research Center of the State Council, China's Cabinet, said that the recently released three-year action plan by central authorities to improve the rural living environment will help map a clear timetable and schedule for more concrete steps.