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The Ins and Outs of China's Toilet Revolution

May 29, 2024

China’s urbanization is often portrayed as towering skyscrapers and multi-lane highways—cities sprawling upward and outward. People rarely consider the vast but less visible urban infrastructure that impacts and influences citizens’ daily lives – like toilets and sewers.

Until the 2010s, chamber pots remained a common item in Chinese urban life. Family members shared wooden toilets or enameled commodes, which were emptied into communal waste disposal sites.

In 2015, President Xi Jinping launched a nationwide toilet revolution. By 2020, 68,000 new public toilets will be added in various cities; by the end of 2022, 73% of rural residents will have access to flush toilets.