College Graduates Contribute to Rural Development

Zhong Yi (Front) attends a mid-year summarizing meeting in Zhanfeng Village of Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 29, 2012. Zhong, 25, graduated from China Jiliang University two years ago, serves as a village director's assistant in Zhanfeng. According to the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, the number of college graduates serving as grassroots village officials in China's rural areas topped 210,000 as of the end of 2011. [Xinhua]

Zhong Yi walks out of the village committee building in Zhanfeng Village of Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 29, 2012. [Xinhua]