Xinhua Headlines : Past and present : 40 years of change in the lives of the Chinese people ( 181214 ) -- BEIJING , Dec . 14 , 2018 ( Xinhua ) -- The left part of this combo photo taken on Oct . 6 , 2002 shows six - year - old Li Aoxing posing for a photo in front of his house at Penyao Village in Lankao County , central China ' s Henan Province . At that time , Li Aoxing ' s home was an old - fashioned brick house with flooring area of over 80 square meters . The right part of the combo photo taken by Feng Dapeng on Nov . 14 , 2018 shows 22 - year - old Li Aoxing posing the similar gesture at the yard of his new house . By engaging in the business of trading construction materials , Li ' s family has seen their living conditions greatly improved . In 2010 , with the help of local government , Li ' s family got a 150 - square - meter house . ( Xinhua ) ▶ 뭐 하 고 놀 까 ? # 흥 ▶ 쇼 미 더 뉴스 ! 오늘 많이 본 뉴스 영상 ▶ 네이버 홈 에서 [ 연합뉴스 ] 채널 구독 하 기