Shao Zhongru, secretary of the Shaowan village branch of the Communist Party of China, checks the flood situation on the dyke in Legang Township of Leping City, central China's Jiangxi Province, July 9, 2020. Shao, 56, has worked together with other villagers on the dyke for six days and nights. They patrol on the dyke and monitor the flood situation every half hour. Shao himself almost sticks to his post on the dyke all day long, having no time to harvest the mature rice in his own farmland. "To protect the dyke is to protect the villagers' crops and home," said Shao. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
