On March 16, the Daily Mail republished a news story, Blind man and his sidekick with no arms have planted 10,000 trees in rural China in 10 years, which was originally published on People’s Daily Online on March 12. The touching story resonates with a large number of netizens.

The story is about blind man Jia Haixia and double amputee Jia Wenqi, both 53, who have found a unique way of working together by becoming each other's hands and eyes in a village of Hebei province, north China.

Since 2002, they have planted more than 10,000 trees in Yeli village of Jingxing county, turning the land covered by rocks and weeds into forest.

The story resonates with a large number of netizens. They see the duo as inspiring eco-warriors not only for their own community but also for the whole world. They are especially admired as they are people with disabilities.

“It is a wonderful story, a powerful Chinese story with positive energy,” Fyrd commented on Daily Mail website.

“Benefit scroungers please note. This is how REAL people behave,” a netizen from London wrote on the website.

Jack Butler from the U.S. commented, “These are lives lived well. Not only do these men contribute to their community, but they get the enormous personal satisfaction that comes from a job well done. So many of those people on benefits will never have that wonderful feeling; scamming the system to get a free ride doesn't give you what these men have.”

“I salute them. The work they performed is unbelievable, despite being physically handicap,” said Ku Ping Kim, a reader of People’s Daily Online.

People’s Daily Online, founded on Jan. 1, 1997, is a large-scale information interaction platform constructed by People’s Daily – one of the world’s top ten newspapers. It is striving to disseminate information and spread great Chinese stories so as to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese people and people around the world.

Daily Mail also republished two other inspiring Chinese stories from People’s Daily Online. To check out the stories please visit:Eight-year-olds forced to ride horses for three hours through mountain terrain just to get to school and In sickness and in health