Editing China (section)

=== Water supply and sanitation ===
{{Main|Water supply and sanitation in China}}

Water supply and sanitation infrastructure in China is facing challenges such as rapid urbanization, as well as [[Water resources of China|water scarcity, contamination, and pollution]].<ref name="Water Scarcity in China">{{Cite news |last=Hook |first=Leslie |date=14 May 2013 |title=China: High and dry: Water shortages put a brake on economic growth |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7d6f69ea-bc73-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7d6f69ea-bc73-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=15 May 2013 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> According to the [[Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation|Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation]], 93% of rural households had access to [[basic sanitation]] in 2022 (up from 77% in 2015).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000–2022 |date=2023 |isbn=978-92-806-5476-9 |pages=124}}</ref> The ongoing [[South–North Water Transfer Project]] intends to abate water shortage in the north.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Carla |title=Quenching the Dragon's Thirst: The South-North Water Transfer Project—Old Plumbing for New China? |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/Quenching%20the%20Dragon%25E2%2580%2599s%20Thirst.pdf |access-date=16 May 2023 |website=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]]}}</ref>