TOP: A group photo of Yin Dafu and his students in 1997 (file photo); BOTTOM: Yin and students present chili peppers they have grown at Zhongxin primary school in Zhaixia Township of Yuanzhou District, Yichun, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 1, 2021. In 1997, the 19-year-old Yin Dafu voluntarily came to Zhaixia Township where he started the career of a rural teacher. China plans to recruit 84,330 college graduates as teachers in rural primary and middle schools in 2021 to promote rural vitalization. The recruitment is mainly for the once-impoverished areas and those inhabited by ethnic minorities to consolidate poverty reduction results, according to a notice issued by the ministries of education and finance on carrying out rural special-post teacher recruitment program this year. (Xinhua)
