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 1991 shows four-year-old Lu Jing (R) and her two-year-old cousin Li Liangzhi eating snacks at home in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. At that time, the house was small and without toilet. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Peng Zhaozhi on Nov. 10, 2018 shows 31-year-old Lu Jing and her 29-year-old cousin Li Liangzhi eating snacks at her new house in Nanchang. Lu, who is now a public servant, has moved with her family for twice since 1993 and resides in the present apartment. (Xinhua)