First person: Zhao Zhuonan, 24

I was born and raised in a small village called Huangdi in Jilin province, but in 1997, when I was just 12, I moved with my family to the city of Jilin. My father, mother and I lived in a rented house, and my father worked as a decorator.

I gave up study when I graduated from middle school three years later. Honestly speaking, I really liked studying, but at that time my parents did not have stable jobs. We often didn't know where the next month's rent would come from, so going to university was out of the question.

I was 15 when I quit school and I really suffered for it. I had a lot of problems finding a job. I've had several jobs: a waitress in a school restaurant, a barbershop apprentice, a kitchen cleaner. I even had a job handing out flyers in front of a supermarket.