Roads required to promote prosperity

For the past 20 days or so, I have been staying in Guhe, a poverty-stricken village in northwestern Anhui province.

To visit households, I have used various means of transportation, including cars, motorbikes and electric bicycles, but I have always needed to walk at least part of the journey, as the village roads remain really muddy for days after rainfall.

One day, I came across an elderly villager pulling a handcart, which is a rare sight nowadays. I asked him whether he has an electric tricycle, which are popular in rural areas.