Seventy years on, China has proved with miraculous development that a prosperous socialist country benefits not only its own people but also the rest of the world. POVERTY REDUCTION Xiao Zinan's family of five used to live in a small log cabin for 30 years in a remote village in the mountains, along with their pigs.

China has made great strides in meteorological services over the past decades since the country received the first images back after launching the meteorological satellite Fengyun-1A in September 1988. Staff members of Central Meteorological Station follow the develpment of a typhoon.

The first batch of Jiefang trucks roll off producton line. (Photo provided by First Automobile Works) On July 13, 1956, the First Automobile Works (FAW) in Changchun, Jilin province assembled China’s first automobile, cracking the rumor that China couldn’t make cars.

China’s first patent certificate China has been on the fast track of patent applications since its first-ever patent was granted in 1985. The country’s No.

(File photo) In the 1980s, industrial development in northeast China's Liaoning province occurred rapidly. However, at the same time transportation infrastructure lagged behind the economic growth.