An exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up was held on Saturday, reflecting the changes over the past 40 years through photos taken by Chinese and foreign photographers.
Referring to a series of photographs taken by five foreign photographers in about 1978, photos taken at the same sites reflecting similar scenes are collected nationwide to show the 40 years' changes in a more intuitive way.
Let's take a look at these changes through the following photos.
People gather at the bus station on the central avenue in Guangzhou city, South China's Guangdong province, May 4, 1976. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A view from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel, shows few high-rise buildings in 1979. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
The view today from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel on Chang'an Avenue is dramatically different, Sept 22, 2018. [Photo by Kang Tianpeng/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
The banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai are fairly undeveloped, seen from a window at the Fairmont Peace Hotel in the spring of 1979. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Skyscrapers rise above the Huangpu River, as seen from the rooftop of the Fairmont Peace Hotel, Aug 19, 2018. [Photo by Zhu Yaozhong/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A woman pushes a child in a cart in Beijing, 1979. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A child rides a bike and a woman walks two dogs on Damochang Hutong in Qianmen, Beijing, Sept 9, 2018. [Photo by Wu Bo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Students wait for a school bus in Beijing, 1979. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Students peer at their mobile phones while waiting to cross the road at Dongdaqiao in Beijing's Chaoyang district, Sept 18, 2018. [Photo by Wu Hong/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A street stall is set up in downtown Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, in the 1980s. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
The former street stalls on Sihou Street in Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, are replaced with a commercial plaza, Sept 26, 2018. [Photo by Zhang Zhiguo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Bicycles are used to help move house in Yangzhou city in East China's Jiangsu province in the 1980s. [Photo by Adriano Madaro/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A man carries a refrigerator in a three-wheeled scooter on Guoqing Road, Yangzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, Sept 22, 2018. [Photo by Zhang Qiqin/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Two men play chess on a bench in Shanghai, 1971. [Photo by Marc Riboud/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
An elderly man plays chess online in Huzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, May 25, 2014. [Photo by He Xunyi/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
An old fashioned sailboat is seen on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, 1980. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A cruise ship makes its way past the modern skyline on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, Aug 14, 2018. [Photo by Qin Zhiyuan/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A woman gets a perm in Shanghai, 1980. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Women get their hair done in a modern hair salon in Shanghai, April 28, 2018. [Photo by Zhou Min/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Workers are seen at a factory in Datong city, North China's Shanxi province, 1973. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Workers pose for a group photo in the workshop of a cable production company in Suzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 31, 2018. [Photo by Tian Ming/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
People in Shanghai line up to purchase food, in July of 1980. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Newlyweds pose for simple wedding photos in Shanghai, in August 1980. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Newlyweds pose for elaborate wedding photos at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Sept 18, 2015. [Photo by Li Jun/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A woman buys an ice pop from a vendor in June 1973. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A child buys ice cream using WeChat Pay at a shopping mall in Tianjin municipality, May 27, 2018. [Photo by Du Shuangyun/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
The interior of a bookstore is crammed with posters and books in August 1973. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
The interior of the fashionable Zhongshuge bookstore in Shanghai's Xuhui district is sleek and sophisticated, Sept 23, 2018. [Photo by Zheng Yuanran/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Four friends walk to the bank of the Changshou River in Chongqing in 1980. [Photo by Bruno Barbey/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Four childhood friends take a photo years later at the riverside of the Changshou River in Chongqing, April 27, 2018. [Photo by Zhuo Jianlin/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A Shanghai Brand car drives on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, 1986. [Photo by Yann Layma/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A young man drives a roadster through the CBD area in Beijing, Aug 5, 2018. [Photo by Wu Bo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A couple strolls through Tian'anmen Square in Beijing in 1986. [Photo by Yann Layma/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A couple walks through Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on July 21, 2018. [Photo by Wang Yan'gao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
People use a telephone box by a road in Qianmen, Beijing, 1987. [Photo by Yann Layma/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A couple walks past a deserted telephone box while the man talks on a mobile phone in Qianmen, Beijing in 2018. [Photo by Li Fudong/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Two men watch a show on electrotechnics on a TV in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, in 1987. [Photo by Yann Layma/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A senior citizen watches a health education show on TV in Yanjiao, North China's Hebei province, Feb 5, 2015. [Photo by Kou Shangmin/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A train engineer looks out the window of his train in Datong city, of North China's Shanxi province, in 1988. [Photo by Yann Layma/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A train engineer peers out the door of the CRH5A high-speed train in Hunchun city, Northeast China's Jilin province, April 27, 2018. [Photo by Liu Shenku/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A television in a citizen's home sits in a place of honor, 1979. [Photo by Eve Arnold/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A television years ago was a precious item. Television now is just a common home appliance, as seen in Huangpu district, Shanghai, Dec 23, 2012. [Photo by Wu Jianmin/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
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