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 1992 shows 35-year-old Wei Shiping (back, R) posing for a group photo with his wife and children at the home of his newly-married brother in Yandun Town of Hefei City, capital of east China's Anhui Province. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Zhang Duan shows 61-year-old Wei Shiping, his wife and children posing for a photo at his home in Hefei City, Nov. 14, 2018. Wei Shiping, who is now retired, often travels and joins parties with his friends. (Xinhua)