Across China: Rural schools make children feel home away from home

Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2019 shows a vegetable plot managed by students at the Heping Primary School in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The school environment improvement project has been launched in five western provincial-level regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Chongqing Municipality, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, benefiting more than 150,000 students in 300 plus schools. The regions are planning to expand the program to benefit 300,000 more children. (Xinhua/Cui Bowen)