Different occupations in China see profound changes in past 70 years
Top: File photo taken in 1958 by Li Jilu shows technicians observing the operation of China's first general-purpose electronic computer developed by the Institute of Computing Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and other relative organizations with technical assistance from the Soviet Union. Bottom: Photo taken on April 24, 2019 by Li Ran shows Meng Xiangfei (L), head of the applied research and development department of the National Supercomputer Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, inspecting high performance computer system at the center with his colleagues. In an increasingly fierce uphill race of exascale computing worldwide, more Chinese supercomputers are making the world's Top 500 list as seen in its latest edition published at this year's ISC High Performance (ISC), Europe's most important conference and networking event for the high-performance computing community. In 1949 when the People's Republic of China was founded, the Chinese people faced a devastated country that needed to be rebuilt from scratch after decades of warfare and chaos. After decades of unremitting endeavors and dedication by the Chinese people, China has grown to be the world's second largest economy. In 1952, China's GDP was US$30 billion, while in 2018, its GDP reached US$13.61 trillion, an increase of 452.6 times. A group of combo photos give you a glimpse of what Chinese people did decades ago and what they do right now. Undoubtedly, people from all walks of life in China with hard work and wisdom have made contributions to the country's development.
Top: File photo taken in 1954 shows a teacher giving a class at the first primary school in Ximeng Va Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Bottom: Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2018 by Yang Zongyou shows teacher Yan Ke giving a music class at a kindergarten at Banmu Village of Mengsuo Town in Ximeng. Since the founding of Ximeng's first primary school, education in the county has undergone great changes, with schoolhouses more modern, teaching facilities more advanced and course contents more diversified. The development of education brings more and more benefits for local people of Va ethnic group.
Top: File photo taken in 1959 shows a female driver in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Bottom: Photo taken on July 5, 2019 by Ou Dongqu shows female driver Wan Xingli of Sui ethnic group in Sandu Sui Autonomous County of Guizhou. Wan has been a shuttle bus driver of a transportation company in Sandu for 20 years. She said drivers' work was very hard 20 years ago due to the poor transportation in mountainous Guizhou. There were few female full-time drivers at that time. In recent years, the number of female drivers increased gradually thanks to the improvement of transportation in the province.
Top: File photo taken in 1959 shows a policewoman registering a woman in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Bottom: Photo taken on July 31, 2019 by Zhao Yusi shows policewoman Liu Yanan registering identity card for a child at a police station in Beijing, capital of China. The household registration and ID card management in China have become more convenient.
Top: File photo taken in 1958 by Li Deyi shows staff members processing newly-picked tea leaves at an agricultural cooperative in Enshi, central China's Hubei Province. Bottom: Photo taken on April 11, 2018 by Zhang Guojun shows Jiang Yuanxun (2nd R), an inheritor of black tea production, instructing a farmer in processing black tea at Tongmu Village in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province. With the development of large-scale and industrialized tea production, more and more farmers in Tongmu Village have benefited from the tea planting and processing, which has become a pillar industry to increase local farmers' income.
Top: File photo taken in 1958 by Jiang Guoxian shows an epidemic prevention apprentice (L) learning to inject for a pig under the guidance of veterinarian Shi Dechun (C) in Weinan, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Bottom: Photo taken on July 2, 2019 by Zhang Bowen shows veterinarian Zhang Pu (L) and assistant veterinarian Zheng Xinlong (C) vaccinating for a pig at Yaohui Village of Gaoling District in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Top: File photo taken in 1959 by Li Jingrui shows veterinarian Yu Zhongxue explaining livestock disease knowledge to local women in Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Bottom: Photo taken on June 27, 2019 by Zhang Long shows Liu Wenxian, head of a county-level animal husbandry and veterinary station, explaining knowledge of prophylaxis and treatment on echinococcosis to village-level animal epidemics prevention personnel at Qagan Dabuu Village of Suzitang Township in Menyuan.
Top: File photo taken in the 1950s shows the scene of production of heavy rails at Ansteel in Anshan, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Bottom: Photo taken on July 5, 2019 by Pan Yulong shows workers checking the production line of heavy rails at Ansteel Group Co., Ltd. in Anshan. Born from rubble in the city of Anshan in northeast China, 70-year-old Ansteel was "the cradle of China's steel industry" as well as the first iron and steel giant built after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Currently, Ansteel is able to produce around 40 million tonnes of iron and steel a year.
Top: File photo taken in 1957 by Liang Yiding shows a tailor making new dresses from second-hand clothes in north China's Tianjin. Bottom: Photo taken on June 20, 2019 by Yue Yuewei shows Kuang Liyun, a teacher of the textile and costume design department of Tiangong University, utilizing recycled cloth to design dresses in Tianjin.
Top: File photo taken in 1954 by Hu Yue shows ferrymen using sheepskin rafts to transport fruit and vegetables on the Yellow River in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province. Bottom: Photo taken on May 29, 2019 by Chen Bin shows tourists taking sheepskin rafts to drift on the Yellow River at Longwan Village of Jingtai County in Baiyin of Gansu. Sheepskin raft, made of inflated sheepskin, used to be an important transportation tool for locals living along the banks of the Yellow River. Now it has become popular vehicles for tourists to sightsee along the Yellow River.
