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

The upper part of this combo photo taken in January of 1985 shows 27-year-old Wang Hanming and his wife Chen Meilan posing for a photo during their wedding ceremony in Xundian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Their wedding house, about 30 square meters, was old and simple. The lower part of the combo photo taken on Nov. 25, 2018 shows 60-year-old Wang Hanming and his wife posing for a photo in their new house in Xundian County. Over the past 30 years, Wang's family moved six times and finally resides in the present three-storey house. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)