Students from Beijing Nationality University pose for pictures at a photo exhibition in the capital city's Wangfujing area on Wednesday. The show features about 800 photos taken across the country during the past three decades to highlight the major changes China has gone through since 1978. [Asianewsphoto]

It was freezing and windy Wednesday but visitors to the Beijing downtown area did not seem to be seeking the warmth of Wangfujing's famed malls.

Their interest was focused outdoors - on a 200-m long photo exhibition featuring 800 pictures to mark the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening up.

They had plenty to attract their attention: Images from the last three decades; and were just as keen to photograph the photos, which encapsulate the startling changes in people's lives.

Cao Xufang, a 57-year-old migrant worker, seemed lost as he contemplated life in the 1970s reflected in a black-and-white photo.

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