Big strides in rural reform
One of the country's smallest administrative areas has progressed in the past three decades, Huang Zhiling reports.
Popular with senior middle school students on study trips from neighboring areas, the 108-hectare Jiayu campus has 10 schools, teaching subjects like rural vitalization and nursing.
Strolling through the No 8 group, which covers 3.8 square kilometers, visitors can find both traditional and modern elements, with Chinese teahouses and Western-style bars. They can also visit a cave wine cellar and buy a drink, says Zhou Xianmei, a server at the wine cellar.
The group has a well-furnished three-star hotel with 300 beds. Paying around 200 yuan for one night, visitors can enjoy the forest and a traditional Chinese pavilion if they leave their rooms for a walk.
The group is about 30 minutes by car from the Chibibei high-speed train station. which connects with Beijing and provincial capitals Wuhan, Changsha, Zhengzhou and Shijiazhuang.
