Xinhua Headlines: China's central regions look to reform, innovation for high-quality development

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Inside a 300-seat restaurant in Xiaogang Village in Anhui Province, Yan Jinchang, over 80 years old, gives informal lectures to guests about the momentous events that took place 46 years ago.

In 1978, 18 farmers in the village took risks in secretly signing an agreement to contract collective land to individual households. Yan was one of the signatories.

Over the next few years