TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZING RURAL LIFE

The wave of technological empowerment is sweeping China's vast countryside, playing a critical role in the country's push for rural revitalization, further narrowing the urban-rural gap and bringing common prosperity to rural residents.

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 26, 2025 shows a high-speed train running pass Banliang Village in Yongxing, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi)

An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2025 shows a wind-solar hybrid power plant near Caojiazhuang Village, Zanhuang County, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 12, 2025 shows the rooftop photovoltaic power project in Tengtou village of Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

A technician introduces an integrated photovoltaic charging and storage station in Meilin Village, Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Aug. 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

A teacher gives a lesson to students using a smart blackboard in a digital classroom at Simin Primary School in Dongbaihu Town of Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 15, 2025.(Xinhua/Xu Yu)

A doctor examines a patient on a "smart mobile clinic," which brings essential healthcare services to local villagers, in Libao Village, Jingning She Autonomous County, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

A staff member checks a drone used for transporting medical items outside a clinic in Linta Village of Liangduo Town, Dongtai City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

An unmanned express delivery vehicle carrying parcels travels on a village road in Changhe Village, Haian City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 10, 2025. (Photo by Zhou Qiang/Xinhua)