Jiangxi steps up efforts to transform villages

NANCHANG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in east China's Jiangxi Province have issued a notice to continue efforts to transform about 20,000 rural villages.

Each village will receive a subsidy of 300,000 yuan (43,758 U.S. dollars) this year to boost local development, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Government funds will allocated to build roads, renovate toilets and houses, and beautify villages by planting more trees, according to the department.

By the end of 2018, 65 percent of all villages in Jiangxi had been transformed.