Govt closing gap in urban-rural living

Efforts to focus on waste treatment, road infrastructure

China will make greater efforts to improve living environments in rural areas to reduce the gap with urban areas as it carries out its rural rejuvenation strategy, a top agricultural official said on Saturday.

A key in those efforts will be accelerating the creation and improvement of development plans for villages across the country to meet the expectations of residents in rural areas, Yu Xinrong, vice-minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said at a news conference.