改革开放四十年今昔对比照：1978年的中国 VS 2018年的中国
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“伟大的变革——庆祝改革开放40周年大型展览”近日在国家博物馆举行。中外摄影师拍下的一组组照片，记录下了中国四十年来的巨变。通过衣食住行的今昔对比照，我们可以感受到改革开放后中国的飞跃式发展。 6park.com

People gather at the bus station on the central avenue in Guangzhou city, South China's Guangdong province, May 4, 1976. 6park.com

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.

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A view from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel, shows few high-rise buildings in 1979. 6park.com

The view today from a window at Beijing Minzu Hotel on Chang'an Avenue is dramatically different, Sept 22, 2018.

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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.  6park.com

Skyscrapers rise above the Huangpu River, as seen from the rooftop of the Fairmont Peace Hotel, Aug 19, 2018.

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A woman pushes a child in a cart in Beijing, 1979. 6park.com

A child rides a bike and a woman walks two dogs on Damochang Hutong in Qianmen, Beijing, Sept 9, 2018.

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Students wait for a school bus in Beijing, 1979. 6park.com

Students peer at their mobile phones while waiting to cross the road at Dongdaqiao in Beijing's Chaoyang district, Sept 18, 2018.

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A street stall is set up in downtown Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, in the 1980s. 6park.com

The former street stalls on Sihou Street in Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, are replaced with a commercial plaza, Sept 26, 2018.

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Bicycles are used to help move house in Yangzhou city in East China's Jiangsu province in the 1980s. 6park.com

A man carries a refrigerator in a three-wheeled scooter on Guoqing Road, Yangzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, Sept 22, 2018. 

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Two men play chess on a bench in Shanghai, 1971.  6park.com

An elderly man plays chess online in Huzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, May 25, 2014.

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An old fashioned sailboat is seen on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, 1980.  6park.com

A cruise ship makes its way past the modern skyline on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, Aug 14, 2018.

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A woman gets a perm in Shanghai, 1980. 6park.com

Women get their hair done in a modern hair salon in Shanghai, April 28, 2018.

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Workers are seen at a factory in Datong city, North China's Shanxi province, 1973. 6park.com

Workers pose for a group photo in the workshop of a cable production company in Suzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 31, 2018.

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People in Shanghai line up to purchase food, in July of 1980. 6park.com

People line up in front of the cured meat shop of a time-honored brand in Liwan district of Guangzhou city in South China's Guangdong province, July 31, 2018.

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Newlyweds pose for simple wedding photos in Shanghai, in August 1980. 6park.com

Newlyweds pose for elaborate wedding photos at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Sept 18, 2015.

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A woman buys an ice pop from a vendor in June 1973. 6park.com

A child buys ice cream using WeChat Pay at a shopping mall in Tianjin municipality, May 27, 2018.

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The interior of a bookstore is crammed with posters and books in August 1973. 6park.com

The interior of the fashionable Zhongshuge bookstore in Shanghai's Xuhui district is sleek and sophisticated, Sept 23, 2018.

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Four friends walk to the bank of the Changshou River in Chongqing in 1980. 6park.com

Four childhood friends take a photo years later at the riverside of the Changshou River in Chongqing, April 27, 2018.

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A Shanghai Brand car drives on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, 1986. 6park.com

A young man drives a roadster through the CBD area in Beijing, Aug 5, 2018.

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A couple strolls through Tian'anmen Square in Beijing in 1986. 6park.com

A couple walks through Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on July 21, 2018.

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People use a telephone box by a road in Qianmen, Beijing, 1987. 6park.com

A couple walks past a deserted telephone box while the man talks on a mobile phone in Qianmen, Beijing in 2018.

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Two men watch a show on electrotechnics on a TV in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, in 1987. 6park.com

A senior citizen watches a health education show on TV in Yanjiao, North China's Hebei province, Feb 5, 2015.

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A train engineer looks out the window of his train in Datong city, of North China's Shanxi province, in 1988. 6park.com

A train engineer peers out the door of the CRH5A high-speed train in Hunchun city, Northeast China's Jilin province, April 27, 2018.

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A television in a citizen's home sits in a place of honor, 1979.  6park.com

A television years ago was a precious item. Television now is just a common home appliance, as seen in Huangpu district, Shanghai, Dec 23, 2012. 

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