In Lijia Village on the outskirts of a certain city, Li Wanqiang was squatting on a field ridge, holding in his hand the "People's Daily" he had just brought back from the county. The newspaper printed the report of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He read it over and over again, his eyes shining brightly. "Reform and opening up", "economic construction", "rural reform"... These words took root and sprouted in his heart like seeds.
