Xinhua Headlines: Past and present: 40 years of change in the lives of the Chinese people

The left part of this combo photo taken on Oct. 6, 2002 shows six-year-old Li Aoxing posing for a photo in front of his house at Penyao Village in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province. At that time, Li Aoxing's home was an old-fashioned brick house with flooring area of over 80 square meters. The right part of the combo photo taken by Feng Dapeng on Nov. 14, 2018 shows 22-year-old Li Aoxing posing the similar gesture at the yard of his new house. By engaging in the business of trading construction materials, Li's family has seen their living conditions greatly improved. In 2010, with the help of local government, Li's family got a 150-square-meter house. (Xinhua)