Modern life sees change in attitude toward saving

Saving has long been a tradition among Chinese people, but attitudes are changing rapidly.

Lin Youying, 70, lives in the mountain village in which she was born and raised in Nanping, Fujian province. After marrying in the early 1960s, she and her husband had five children.

The couple farmed about 30 square meters of land and lived frugally, especially during the 1970s and '80s, when they had five school-age children to support.