Jia Liuyong salutes at school in Pianpo Village in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on October 28, 2009. "My name is Jia Liuyong and I'm a 9-year-old boy of Bouyei ethnic group. I am in the 3rd grade of a primary school of Pianpo Village," says Jia Liuyong, "My father works as a cotton peasant in Xinjiang and my mother provides housekeeping service in Guiyang. So I live here with my uncle now." [Xinhua]

The photo I took on October 27, 2009 shows a building of residents of Bouyei ethnic group in Pianpo Village in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Xinhua]