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Poverty a thing of the past

[2017-05-18 07:32]

Huaqiao, in Gansu province's mountainous Kangxian county, used to be a poverty-stricken village, with 126 of its 215 households living below the poverty line.

Relief efforts top rural leader's priorities

[2017-05-18 07:32]

Li Zongyin, the 57-year-old Party chief of Guhe village in Anhui province, prepared cured pork and steamed buns, asking his wife, "Do you want anything else?"

Roads required to promote prosperity

[2017-05-18 07:32]

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

In Beijing, Expansion, Rising Property Prices Lead To Longer Commutes

[2017-05-17 07:52]

As a result of China's urbanization process, people have rushed into first-tier cities, causing commuting times to soar in the country's main urban areas.

'I will work harder to change my life'

[2017-05-17 07:52]

Yanjiao in Hebei province, 30 kilometers east of Beijing, is home to more than 700,000 people, most of whom work in the capital.

Making a sacrifice for a better future.

[2017-05-17 07:52]

After graduating from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2008, the native of Yinchuan, in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, left college and moved into an apartment his parents bought near the West Fourth Ring Road.

'Beijing has attractions my hometown can't provide'

[2017-05-17 07:52]

Luo Rensheng recently relocated from Changping district in northwest Beijing to Mentougou, 30 km west of the downtown. The move has cut his daily commute from six hours to two.

'My baby is the source of my strength'

[2017-05-17 07:52]

"A person can gradually get used to the physical tiredness when it becomes routine, but mentally, you always feel you are lacking something," said Hu Ranran, a 30-year-old mother.

Student helps to finance poor children's education

[2017-05-17 07:52]

Tang Lisha, a 21-year-old student at Chengdu Normal University in Sichuan province who comes from a poor family in Chongqing, is helping three students at her alma mater complete their middle school studies.

Handmade shoes meet demand of modern feet

[2017-05-17 07:52]

Dong Jianshe, 57, remembers how his grandmother's face would light up when he was a young child and his father bought home a new pair of shoes for her.