One Belt One Road
My hometown is Guizhou. In 2011, I learned about Guizhou’s economy and GDP figures when I read an article in Guardian-Guizhou, China's poorest province. Among China’s 31 provincial areas, Guizhou ranked 31st per capita GDP in 2010.
When I visited home in 2013, the reality differed from what I had seen reported. The whole of Guiyang was being rebuilt. Those crazy skyscrapers were soaring into the sky, and various viaducts appeared out of nowhere. Day and night, deafening stimulation of your adrenaline, passionate and super magical, feeling that carnival prosperity was coming!
Was that outside report a fabrication?
Where did the prosperity of these buildings come from?
Did we need so many highways across the small city?
With all the questions in mind, I used my lens to record this era of rapid development beyond any imagination. With the Go West campaign and the Belt and Road Initiative, I learned about what policies brought high-speed change to Guizhou at the beginning of the new millennium.
In my hometown, people say, “Opening roads across mountains and building bridges across waters, and One Belt One Road will lead to common prosperity.” So, I called my project One Belt One Road and tried to catch Guizhou on the change.
