Authorities in Jiangsu province have unveiled plans for a Grand Canal museum and a national cultural park covering multiple cities to protect one of the world's oldest manmade waterways.
Farmers in the Tibet autonomous region's Nyingchi have been collecting medicinal herbs for years. Now they are using them to heal their poverty woes.
The lives of members of the Lhopa ethnic group in the Tibet autonomous region have improved markedly in recent decades, thanks to the reform and opening-up policy that was launched 40 years ago.
The oldest person in Shanghai is age 111, and the number of centenarians had risen to about 2,300 as of Sept 30, according to the latest report released by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.
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.
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