Safe water provided to 127 million more rural people since 2001
Through the joint efforts of the central and local governments (each contributing about 23 billion Yuan) the number of rural people in China with access to safe drinking water has reached 340 million. By 2010 the aim is to provide safe water to another 160 million people and eradicate the problem by 2015. Current estimates are that approximately 200 million people remain without a safe supply of drinking water.
For more details see the report in the People’s Daily Online