Combo photos show development of Shenzhen in 40 years (9)

Combo photo shows newly-recruited Wang Qinjin posing for a photo in the warehouse of the SF Express Co., Ltd. in 2009 (up) and Wang in the flight deck of an airplane of the company in Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, on Feb. 20, 2019 (bottom, photo taken by Mao Siqian). The 32-year-old Wang Qinjin came from Leping City of east China's Jiangxi Province. After graduation from the Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, he came to Shenzhen in 2009 to find a job. Attracted by the talent reserve project of the SF Express Co., Ltd., China's delivery services giant, he joined the company and became a warehouse keeper. In 2010, when the company began to select pilots from its employees for the first time, Wang Qinjin grabbed the opportunity and passed various levels of selections and examinations, and finally started his pilot career in 2013 and became a command pilot in 2019. He has completed a total of 3,800 hours of safe flight and delivered nearly 35,000 tons of cargo in the past 8 years. "From a warehouse keeper to a pilot, the uniforms have changed, but the original aspiration has never changed. Lots of ordinary people have realized their dreams in Shenzhen, " said Wang. When China established the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in 1980, its population was less than 30,000. Forty years later, it has developed into the biggest immigrant city in China housing 13 million with its GDP hitting 2.69 trillion yuan (about 389.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua)