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Well-off Chinese families of the 1980s and 90s in pictures

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-03-02 15:11 Comments

Chinese people's livelihoods have seen significant improvement in the past 30 years, after the reform and opening up policy that began in 1978 mobilized human and monetary resources. This collection of photos shows the properties and family settings of the 1980s and 1990s.

Well-off Chinese families of the 1980s and 90s in pictures

A family in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province, in 1980. They have many of the most common "modern" necessities of the time, namely sofas, a color television, a radio and an electronic fan. The owner of the house, the senior man, fourth from the right is the vice manager of a company. [Photo/Xinhua]

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