The China National Tourism Administration launched a nationwide three-year "tourism toilet revolution" last year, and by the end of the year more than 220,000 new public toilets had been built across the country.

To further promote the tourist toilet revolution and accelerate the construction and management of toilets, the tourism administration sent inspection teams to inspect public toilets in areas including Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan province and Jilin in Northeast China's Jilin province. The inspection groups investigated 37 public toilets in scenic spots, entertainment venues and tourist transport centers in the two provinces.

According to Li Jinzao, director of the China National Tourism Administration, local authorities have made great efforts in the construction and management of toilets at tourist attractions and the toilets under inspection basically meet the quantity and quality required.

But experts point out that the building space for women's toilets should ideally be three times that of men's, and the majority of tourist toilets in the country fail to meet this requirement, which should be improved in the future.

Meanwhile, the environment of tourist toilets should be maintained by both the scenic spot administrators and the tourists, and more efforts should be made to improve toilet conditions.