Spring Festival sees the largest annual migration in the world. During the 40 days of China's most important festival, hundreds of millions of people, most of them migrant workers, return to their hometowns from the distant cities where they work.
Once, Lyu Wei was a migrant worker who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen in the southern province of Guangdong. Now, he sells homegrown fruit and vegetables nationwide from his startup in Shiyan, his hometown in rural Hubei province, Central China.
If Bai Wen hadn't returned to his home village four years ago, he might have been an outstanding researcher at an institute in Lishui, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, studying the cultivation of wild mushrooms. However, he has never regretted his decision.
In the 1990s, Mo Xiaohui was one of millions of migrant workers in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the front line of reform and opening-up at the time.
Although the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is now economically developed, that was not the case years ago.
Editor's note: This is the penultimate story in a series reflecting China's achievements in a range of fields, including science, law enforcement, education and transportation, resulting from 40 years of the reform and opening-up policy. The final story will be published on Thursday.
Chen Lewei, 32, children's rehabilitation physician in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
China will proceed with its national campaign of renovating dilapidated houses for the remaining 2 million families categorized as poor and other key groups by 2020, including families with members who are disabled.
Several ministry-level departments, including those for veteran affairs and education, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
On Sept 14, 1987, a computer lab in Beijing sent China's first email. It read, "Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner of the world."
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