The upper part of the combo photo taken in 2008 shows Li Li posing for photo shortly after she was employed by Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd. in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The lower part of the combo photo taken on Dec. 12, 2018 shows Li Li standing by a production line as a security officer at Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd. in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The 30-year-old Li Li, from Madiyi Village of Guanzhuang Town, central China's Hunan Province, went to Shenzhen in 2006. She witnessed the manufacturing industry developing from manual workshop and semi-automation to automatic and intelligent production lines. She also made lots of friends from various parts of China in Shenzhen. Migrant workers have contributed their strengths and talents to the development of cities in the past 40 years of China's reform and opening-up. They worked very hard to improve their professional skills and thus change their life. At the same time, the cities they worked in have also accepted them as citizens and rewarded them in various ways. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
