Long road to travel for a migrant worker
Wang Baiqiang is one of China’s roughly 200 million migrant workers, who travel from the countryside to work in big cities.
Life for rural migrants like Wang is tough. They often have to travel huge distances, and they are currently not entitled to the same urban welfare and services as permanent city residents - although the government is said to be planning to change this.
Wang Baiqiang and his family walk along a dirt road on the way to the Dong'an bus station at the beginning of their long journey.
Locals board a bus in a quiet street.
Wang walks to another bus station in Zhoukou after completing the first leg of his trip.
He stands in the bus station as another man sleeps on chairs in the waiting area.
A woman stands with her luggage at the Zhoukou bus station.
Wang sleeps next to his mother on the long bus journey.
The sun shines through the haze over the highway.
Wang gets ready for work after arriving at his new home in Yangzhou.
He brushes his teeth in the morning.
He sits and works in the shoe factory in Yangzhou where he is now employed.
