What are your most ardent wishes in life?

Better education?

A stable job, more income?

or to live in a safe society?

Such wishes are shared by people all over the world.

And how are these wishes being met in China?

All on the audiobook How China works-charting the future, brought to you by CGTN.

The CPC has its foundations in the people and maintains a close bond with the people.

Though their lives have changed tremendously in the past decades, Liangjiahe villagers treasure what they have and continue to work hard to improve their lives. Knowing Xi Jinping cares much about Liangjiahe, they’ve also kept Xi posted on these changes.

During his seven years living and working in Liangjiahe Village, Xi Jinping’s hard work and innovative thinking inspired many around him.

Before he moved on to study in Tsinghua University, Xi Jinping, with thorough understanding about government policy at the time, promoted businesses to enrich the villager’s lives.

During his seven years living and working in Liangjiahe Village, Xi Jinping kept looking for ways to improve the villagers’ lives. He built a dam to provide irrigation water and succeeded in building the first methane tank in Shaanxi Province.

While living and working at Liangjiahe Village in his teenage years and early adulthood, Xi Jinping worked hard both at the local construction projects and at gaining knowledge, experience and wisdom. After a few years, he became a proper farmer at home with his environment and a leader that people wanted to follow.

This episode details the challenges that Xi Jinping, then a 15-year-old teenager from Beijing, had to overcome while trying to adjust to life in Liangjiahe Village. Food, climate and even language became hurdles for the young lad to jump through.

Xi Jinping visits his old friends, and together they reminisce on how he adjusted to the food, culture, and life in general in Liangjiahe Village. After more than 40 years, their friendship has endured even after Xi had left the village.

This episode details the challenges that Xi Jinping, then a 15-year-old teenager from Beijing, had to overcome while trying to adjust to life in Liangjiahe Village. Food, climate and even language became hurdles for the young lad to jump through.