With the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization, more Chinese teenagers have seen their dreams in and devoted themselves to the development of the nation s countryside. The path was confirmed and encouraged by Chinese President Xi Jinping as the country celebrated Youth Day on Thursday.
Centers offer care for elderly, a fundamental right By XING YI in Shanghai | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-25 09:22 Share CLOSE Seniors exercise in a community rehabilitation center at Hemu New Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. XING YI/CHINA DAILY
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With China having completed the third National Human Rights Action Plan (2016-20), China Daily is running a series of stories from today showcasing what has been achieved in various sectors, such as the rights to health, education, expression and supervision, as well as the rights of the elderly, ethnic groups and children.
Every morning, 83-year-old Wu Jumei arrives at the Hongqiao Comprehensive Elderly Care Service Center in Shanghai to spend the day with other seniors.
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Shan Jie in Jinggangshan Published: Dec 17, 2020 08:08 PM Updated: Feb 25, 2021 10:03 AM
A group of local government employees experience the Red Army path during a training activity on December 10 in Yuantou village, Jinggangshan of East China s Jiangxi Province. Photo: Li Hao/GT
An army of 200 people, in full grey-blue uniforms with red-starred hats, are marching on a slippery and rugged stone road up to a hill in drizzle. The 10 men in front are carrying the baskets with shoulder poles.
These people are experiencing a day of life as the Red Army, which is a must-go event of the red tourism in Jinggangshan, East China s Jiangxi Province.
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Shan Jie in Ziyun Published: Dec 17, 2020 08:33 PM Updated: Feb 25, 2021 10:04 AM
It seemed the development of Dadiba village had no solution, but the past years proves another story.
Dadiba means big land, but the biggest flat land in the village is only the same size as half a soccer pitch.
It is filled with countless pyramid-shape mountains in Ziyun county, southern Guizhou of Southwest China. It is not very high, but steep and slippery, covered with greenery, impossible to climb, let alone farming.
Xi hails miraculous achievement of poverty reduction, inspiring nation for higher goals with spirit of poverty alleviation
Liu Caiyu Published: Feb 25, 2021 09:04 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects poverty alleviation work in a tea farm of Laoxian township, Pingli county of Ankang, Northwest China s Shaanxi Province, on April 21, 2020. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping solemnly declared complete victory on eradicating extreme poverty in China at a national commendation conference on Thursday - four months before the centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) - marking another great miracle the Party leading the world s most populous nation has accomplished.