Small toilets are related to the livelihood of the people

Source: Learning Times

Condensed people's livelihood, toilets are no small things. The toilet problem is not only related to the improvement of the rural living environment, but also the improvement of the quality of life of the broad masses of the people. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again made important instructions on the in-depth promotion of the rural toilet revolution, stressing that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we must continue to regard the rural toilet revolution as an important task for rural revitalization and advance in a down-to-earth manner. As a "people's livelihood event" that General Secretary Xi Jinping is concerned about and continues to pay attention to, the toilet revolution profoundly embodies the people-first ruling concept and deep feelings for the people, highlights the pragmatic style of starting from a small place and starting from the real place, and will also inject strong impetus into the comprehensive promotion of the rural revitalization strategy.

The rural toilet improvement action can be traced back to the "two pipes and five reforms" work advocated by the Central Patriotic Health Campaign Committee at the beginning of the founding of New China. Since the reform and opening up, the central and local governments have invested a lot of money, and some results have been achieved in rural toilet reform, but the lack of toilet culture and stubborn toilet habits formed for thousands of years have restricted the improvement of toilet civilization, and the toilet problem is still a short board in China's social civilization and public service system.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the transformation of rural toilets. In December 2014, during the inspection and investigation in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, it was pointed out that toilet reform is an important task to improve rural health conditions and improve the quality of life of the masses, and it is a landmark in the construction of new rural areas. In April 2015, for the first time, an important directive was issued on the "toilet revolution", emphasizing that "we must make up our minds to rectify the various stubborn diseases and bad habits of uncivilized tourism like opposing the 'four winds'". More than 3 months later, during the inspection and investigation in Yanbian, Jilin Province, the "toilet revolution" was requested to be extended to the vast rural areas. In November 2017, an important instruction was once again issued on the toilet revolution, requiring unremitting efforts to promote the "toilet revolution", promoting it as a specific work of the rural revitalization strategy, and striving to make up for the shortcomings affecting the quality of life of the masses. From proposing "toilet transformation" to clarifying the "toilet revolution" to emphasizing "solid and forward", summarizing the experience of the "toilet revolution" over the years is not only the gradual formation of the rural revitalization methodology that adheres to the problem orientation and accumulates small victories into big victories, but also provides an important reference for the majority of developing countries to solve people's livelihood problems as a Chinese sample.

Why is it so important to advance the toilet revolution? Because it is directly related to the quality and quality of rural revitalization. The toilet revolution can make up for the shortcomings of rural facilities. With the in-depth promotion of rural revitalization, the improvement of rural human settlements has achieved remarkable results, and the level of village appearance has been effectively improved, but the shortage of toilets and dirty mess are still the old and difficult problems in individual rural areas, which seriously restricts the upgrading of rural tourism and hinders the improvement of quality and efficiency of rural industries. The toilet revolution can make up for the shortcomings of rural thinking. The main body of rural revitalization is farmers, and the endogenous driving force for rural revitalization comes from the change of villagers' ideological concepts, such as villagers may think that it is not necessary to spend more money to change toilets, and repairing toilets at home will destroy feng shui, etc., all because of the limited understanding that restricts the implementation of practice. Therefore, an important significance of the toilet revolution is that it can change the backward concepts that villagers in underdeveloped areas have formed for a long time and change the traditional thinking that is not appropriate. The toilet revolution can make up for the shortcomings of rural technology. Technological innovation is the key to rural revitalization, at present we have accumulated a relatively fruitful technological innovation in the governance of human settlements, through the promotion of toilet technology to rural areas, we can promote the application of new practical technologies in rural areas, and realize scientific and technological innovation to help rural revitalization.

Multiple measures will be taken together to carry out the toilet revolution to the end. The rural toilet revolution is by no means a temporary achievement, it requires us to persevere, work for a long time, and use the spirit of nails to strive to make one piece into one piece and ensure that one is changed into one. Construct shared toilets, further coordinate the advantages and roles of the government, the market and society in toilet supply, strengthen the construction of a supply system with extensive participation of multiple subjects, flexible methods and efficient operation, and improve the long-term mechanism for toilet construction and management. The construction of high-tech toilets, in the upgrading and transformation of toilets, follow the goals of distinctive design, complete functions, perfect facilities and practical technology, and promote practical water-saving energy-saving and environmental protection technologies, anti-freeze and deodorant technologies, and anhydrous foam covering technologies, etc., to improve the living standards of villagers while reducing the risk of virus spread. Build green toilets, adhere to the simultaneous promotion of toilet transformation, water supply security and sewage treatment, explore institutional mechanisms to open up all aspects of indoor sanitation, human settlement environment and terminal treatment, and strengthen the systematic solution of the problems of sanitary discharge of rural wastewater waste and pollution control and emission reduction.