Since 2000, Baihe, a poverty-stricken county with a population of about 220,000 in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, has sent more than 1,800 students to some of China's best universities, providing a way to raise living standards in the area.
A woman with schizophrenia who lives in a poor county in Hebei province, North China, is finding life easier after starting a job that provides a steady income.
URUMQI - Li Anna, a 64-year-old model from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said it is never too late to feel beautiful.
Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China's reform and opening-up policy. China Daily profiles people who experienced or witnessed the important drive.
In early September, Pedro Pastor Martinez and his wife were selecting toys and baseball caps for their young grandson at a large department store. They looked the caps over and occasionally tried them on as Chinese pop songs played in the background.
For many people international trade is an abstract concept because the term evokes images of dry statistics and trends, or sometimes heated discussions shown on the television news. As a result, few people outside the world of finance and economics really understand the role trade plays across the world.
Pudong - literally "east of Huangpu River" - is Shanghai's growth engine and a shining symbol of China's modernization. Yet 40 years ago, when the nation launched reform and opening-up, the area was mostly farmland.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of stories about ordinary people who have made an extraordinary contribution to China's reform and opening-up over the past four decades.
Tony Tovar, a teacher from the US, has spent the past 18 years living in Pudong New Area, giving him a front-row seat to the area's transformation from farmland to financial hub.
China's move to raise tax rebates on some exports is expected to ease the burden on the real economy and stabilize foreign trade growth to cope with complicated global scenarios, particularly trade frictions, according to analysts.
Several ministry-level departments, including the ministries of agriculture and rural affairs, education, and public security, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
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