QINGGANG, China -- Solar panels installed by the local government dot this rural village, where households now have electricity and many residents even sport smartphones.
Urban-rural wage gap widens 57% as small farms dominate countryside

A woman farms in a village in Qinggang County, part of China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang. (Photo by Shin Watanabe)
QINGGANG, China -- Solar panels installed by the local government dot this rural village, where households now have electricity and many residents even sport smartphones.