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

The left part of this combo photo taken in 1983 shows four-year-old Dong Jia sitting on a car temporarily parking in the community he lived in Chongqing, southwest China. The right part of the combo photo taken by Liu Chan on Nov. 28, 2018 shows 39-year-old Dong Jia posing for a photo with his own car. Dong, who is now a company's department director, said he lived in a bigger apartment and had improved living environment as compared to the past. (Xinhua)