The "Technical Standards for Collection, Transportation and Treatment of Rural Household Garbage" is now approved as a national standard, numbered GB/T51435-2021, and will come into force on October 1, 2021. This standard is published on the website of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (www.mohurd.gov.cn), and is published by China Construction Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. organized by the Institute of Standards and Quotas of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development April 9, 2021