40 Years on: Photos Show China Now, Then

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.

A woman pushes a child in a cart in Beijing, 1979. [China Daily]

A child rides a bike and a woman walks two dogs on Damochang Hutong in Qianmen, Beijing, Sept 9, 2018. [China Daily]

Students wait for a school bus in Beijing, 1979. [China Daily]

Students peer at their mobile phones while waiting to cross the road at Dongdaqiao in Beijing's Chaoyang district, Sept 18, 2018. [China Daily]

A street stall is set up in downtown Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, in the 1980s. [China Daily]

The former street stalls on Sihou Street in Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, are replaced with a commercial plaza, Sept 26, 2018. [China Daily]

A woman gets a perm in Shanghai, 1980. [China Daily]

Women get their hair done in a modern hair salon in Shanghai, April 28, 2018. [China Daily]

(Source: China Daily)