Rural vitalization programs provide growth, better lives

A range of measures is bringing higher living standards and a cleaner environment across the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Jiang Wei reports.

In 1996, Luo Changri started working as a truck driver. However, despite long hours and hard work, he only made about 20,000 yuan a year.

For generations, residents of his hometown — Dazhao village, Luzhai county, Zhongdu township, in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region — made a living by growing rice.

After years of transporting construction materials along lonely expressways, Luo began to consider what he would do when he got too old to drive trucks.