Experts say that pleasant toilets don't just mean better living standards for the population - it is also a boon for tourism.
Flush with cash and conscious of their wellbeing, Chinese are turning their vacations into trips of healing.
Science fiction is not just an art form or a genre of literature. It's a business, too. Chinese companies and localities are making big investments because they believe there is a huge and growing demand for stories that spark the imagination.
As recently as 2012, science fiction was a small market in China. The market was so poor that writers Liu Cixin and Han Song decided to donate 10,000 yuan ($1,516; 1,285 euros; ￡1,130) each of their own money just to allow the Chinese Nebula Awards to hold its annual prize presentation.
People visit the Chinese booth during the 2018 International Tourism Fair in Madrid, Spain, Jan 18, 2018. The five-day fair was opened on Jan 17.
Children wearing hats with the characteristics of Dong ethnic group attend the Dong New Year festival in Renjifu village of Dong ethnic group in Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2018.
Chinese artists performed engagingly at the famous La Fenice Opera House in Italy's lagoon city of Venice on Thursday, on the eve of the official launch of the 2018 China-EU Tourism Year.
Photo taken on Jan 18, 2018 shows cliff cave burial sites in Zhengxing town of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
Artist Dai Jian shared his dance, themed "silence", with audience members at the Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing on Jan 14.
The number of inbound tourist arrivals increased to 11.88 billion in 2017, compared with 11.12 billion in 2016, the 2018 Report on World Tourism Economy Trends says.
An exhibition featuring paintings of dogs created by nearly 90 artists is currently underway at the Jinling Art Museum in Nanjing.
The city in Jiangsu province is hosting the 2018 Metal Battle, which kicked off on Jan 15 and will conclude during the Midi Music Festival at the Suzhou Taihu Midi Camp, about 80 kilometers from Shanghai, in April.
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