Rural China 5: A road to prosperity

In the fifth part of the Rural China series, China Daily reporter D J Clark talks to farmers in Jiangfushan village, Hebei province, where he discovers a new road, built as part of a central government's push to connect villages across China, has transformed the communities' fortunes.

Also see a slideshow

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Snow & mountains

Part 3: Growing benefits

Part 4: A new education

Part 5: A road to prosperity

Part 6: Spring Festival return

Part 7: A tap in every home

Part 8: Investing in health

Part 9: Securing the future

Part 10: The next ten years

Click here for the vBook of Rural China

Logistics and animation: Xu Jiye

Video: DJ Clark

Producer: Flora Yue

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See more videos at:D J Clark's Video Column

About D J Clark

D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.