The year 2018 marks 40 years of reform and development in China (1978–2018). Since then, the reform and opening-up policy, China has earth-shaking changes. Let’s have a look at this great change through these photos! 1978 vs 2018
People gather at the bus station on the central avenue in Guangzhou city, South China’s Guangdong province, May 4, 1976.
The Zhongshansi Road bus station is seen in Guangzhou city, South China’s Guangdong province, Sept 7, 2018. The road today is twice as wide as the old one 40 years ago.
A view from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel, shows few high-rise buildings in 1979.
The view today from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel on Chang’an Avenue is dramatically different, Sept 22, 2018.
The banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai are fairly undeveloped, seen from a window at the Fairmont Peace Hotel in the spring of 1979.
Skyscrapers rise above the Huangpu River, as seen from the rooftop of the Fairmont Peace Hotel, Aug 19, 2018.
A woman pushes a child in a cart in Beijing, 1979.
A child rides a bike and a woman walks two dogs on Damochang Hutong in Qianmen, Beijing, Sept 9, 2018.
Students wait for a school bus in Beijing, 1979. Students peer at their mobile phones while waiting to cross the road at Dongdaqiao in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, Sept 18, 2018.
A street stall is set up in downtown Kaifeng city, Central China’s Henan province, in the 1980s.
The former street stalls on Sihou Street in Kaifeng city, Central China’s Henan province, are replaced with a commercial plaza, Sept 26, 2018.
Bicycles are used to help move house in Yangzhou city in East China’s Jiangsu province in the 1980s.
A man carries a refrigerator in a three-wheeled scooter on Guoqing Road, Yangzhou city, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 22, 2018.
Two men play chess on a bench in Shanghai, 1971. A man carries a refrigerator in a three-wheeled scooter on Guoqing Road, Yangzhou city, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 22, 2018.
An old fashioned sailboat is seen on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, 1980. A cruise ship makes its way past the modern skyline on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, Aug 14, 2018.
A woman gets a perm in Shanghai, 1980. Women get their hair done in a modern hair salon in Shanghai, April 28, 2018. 
