近日，大大作出重要指示，充分肯定旅游系统推进“厕所革命”取得的成效，着眼于人民对美好生活的向往，要求坚持不懈推进“厕所革命”，把它作为乡村振兴战略的一项具体工作来抓，努力补齐影响群众生活品质的短板。

Xi presses 'toilet revolution' in countryside

Chinese president Xi urged for a "toilet revolution" in rural areas on Monday, as the country has made progress in upgrading the facilities in tour spots.

The president has called on a campaign to address the much-complained-about issue that has threatened to damage the reputation of China's tourism industry.

Xi applauded the achievements in renovating toilet facilities in tour sites over the past two years, and called on efforts to improve the facilities in rural areas.

He said toilet facilities are important in improving people's standard of living in countryside.  

In January 2015, China's National Tourist Administration pledged[1] to build 33,500 new public toilets around the country, focusing on tourist sites. An additional 25,000 were slated[2] for renovation under a three-year plan.

[1]pledge: to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something 发誓；保证 

We are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign. 

我们正请求人们承诺支持我们的运动。  

So far, £50,000 has been pledged (= people have promised to pay this amount) in response to the appeal. 

到目前为止，人们已承诺捐款5万英镑以响应这项呼吁。 

[ + to infinitive ] 

Both sides have pledged to end the fighting. 

双方均已保证停战。

[2]slate: If something is slated to happen, it is planned to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion. (在特定时间或者条件下) 选定

be slated to do sth/be slated for sth

Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 
布罗姆菲尔德被内定为美国的农业部长。

Every house on this block is slated for demolition. 

这个街区的每幢房子都要拆除。

By April 2017, the country's top tourism authority said nearly 36,000 new public toilets had been installed in the country while another 15,000 had been renovated, completing almost 90 percent of the target set by the campaign.  

事实上，这不是第一次提到“厕所改革”，早在2015年，大大曾经就“厕所革命”作出重要指示，强调抓“厕所革命”是提升旅游业品质的务实之举。当时国内媒体以及外媒也有相应的报道，比如：

中国日报曾在2015年发过一篇报道（http://t.cn/RAiuMfT），里面就提到了旅游景点的厕所问题。

As a major tourism destination that receives more than 3.7 billion visitors a year, China should not treat the problem of toilets as a small matter. According to estimates, an average tourist visiting China uses public toilets eight times during one trip, which means tourists as a whole will visit toilets more than 27 billion times a year. This is indeed an astronomical[3] number.

[3]astronomical: If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large. 天文数字般的 (数量，尤指花费)

Houses in the subdivision are going for astronomical prices. 

该小区里的房子在以天价出售。

The problem, unfortunately, has become almost intractable[4] over time. And precisely for this reason we need a slogan like "Toilet revolution for tourism evolution".

[4]intractable: an intractable problem is very difficult to deal with or solve〔问题〕难对付的，难解决的

the seemingly intractable problem of human greed 

似乎难以解决的人性贪婪问题

新华网在2015年和2016年也均有相关报道：

2015年报道（http://t.cn/RZ9VF3H）

2016年报道（http://t.cn/RYf4daB）

According to a nationwide survey by Tsinghua University, tourists gave toilets in China's tourist areas a score of 70 out of 100. According to the survey, most of those surveyed think that the national "toilet revolution" has "basically improved toilet quality" and "met the demands of tourists."

华盛顿邮报在2016年也有相关报道（http://t.cn/RYfbYHD），其中最后一段话是这样说的：

New details of the construction underway in the "Toilet Revolution" suggest that remarkably ambitious changes may be afoot[5] in China's public bathrooms. Not only will there be expected changes like Western-style toilets and deodorization technology[除臭技术], but a recent draft from the NTA（National Tourism Administration） suggests that there could be big screen televisions, free wi-fi, ATMs and sofas. It sounds luxurious – if you can get in.

[5]afoot: If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it. 在进行中的; 在酝酿中的

Everybody knew that something awful was afoot. 
每个人都知道糟糕的事在酝酿之中。

厕所革命，让我们拭目以待！