What are the width and thickness standards stipulated in the national policy for cement roads connecting every household?

This is determined by the local government according to the actual situation. The width and length depend on the amount of funds and the permission of actual conditions.

Generally, village roads are 3 to 3.5 meters in length, with a thickness of 20 to 25 centimeters. Those that lead to households only need to be hardened. Before hardening, households have to prepare the basic road width and surface by themselves. The "Notice on Launching the Village Connectivity Project Pilot Work in Some Provinces and Regions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), and at the same time issued the "Rural Communication Universal Service-Village Access Project Implementation Plan".

Extended information

The "Village-to-Village" project will have completed about 40% of the total target by the end of 2004, and the remaining part by the end of 2005. Specific implementation plans are formulated by each enterprise in accordance with the overall goals.

Existing telecommunications companies operating basic telecommunications services nationwide will each undertake village connectivity projects in some provinces. The specific approach is to regard the existing 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in the country as 31 universal service areas (that is, assuming that there are projects that require subsidies in 31 areas), and classify each area according to the difficulty of providing universal services. The degree of comprehensive evaluation and scoring is carried out to obtain the universal service task volume, which is then combined and allocated among various operators. The obligations borne by operators are directly proportional to their revenue in the telecommunications business market.

Reference material: People’s Daily Online’s Four Good Rural Roads