Fourth-grader Ma Lianghai (left) and third-grader Ma Linxiang are engrossed in their work during art class at Zhaojia Elementary School in Dongxiang, Gansu province, on Sept 18. (Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily)
Ma Zhongxiang (left), a third-grader at Wangji School in Dongxiang, learns how to pronounce 'head' in English. (Photo/Agencies)
Ma Jianguo (left), headmaster of Zhaojia Elementary, introduces his school to Zhang Xuelong (center), chief of the county's education bureau, and Gao Shitai, Party secretary for Dongxiang. (Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily)
Ma Xuemei (third right), a Chinese language teacher for second-graders, poses with her colleagues at Zhaojia Elementary School in Dongxiang. (Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily)
Newly-enrolled first-graders line up on the playground at China Daily-sponsored Zhongbao Hope Elementary School in Dongxiang county, Gansu province. (Photo by Xu Jingxing/China Daily)