Published on: 2026-05-13
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Beijing, May 13 /Xin Hua/ — By the end of 2025, the supply of tap water to rural areas in China will reach 96%, the Ministry of Water Resources of the PRC reported on Tuesday.
By the end of 2025, the level of rural districts supplied with tap water across the country reached 96%, large-scale water supply projects covered 71% of the rural population, and the share of counties delivering unified management of rural water supply at the county level reached 72%.
By the end of 2025, there were almost 3.82 million projects in the field of rural water supply across the country, forming a water supply network serving 850 million rural residents.
Moreover, the proportion of the population, mainly relying on water intake wells and water reservoirs, decreased by 79 percent compared to the figure recorded at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).
During the implementation period of the 14th Five-Year Plan for the country’s economic and social development /2021-2025/, a total of 914.9 billion yuan (about 133.71 billion USD) was invested in the construction of water management facilities in the poverty-stricken districts, of which 145.5 billion yuan was allocated to investments in the construction of hydrotechnical facilities and water conservancy structures in counties receiving priority state support as part of the rural revitalization program.
Also, during the period of the 14th five-year plan, a total of 590.28 billion yuan was allocated by local authorities in all regions for the construction of rural water supply networks, of which the share of local government bonds, bank loans, and social capital accounted for 80 percent.
China aims to increase the coverage of piped water supply in rural areas to 97 percent by the end of 2026, with the share of the rural population covered by large-scale water supply projects expected to reach 73 percent, the ministry reported.
The country will strive to increase the supply of tap water to rural areas to 98 percent by 2030. -0-
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