# Rural Development

The Lifeline of the Nujiang Gorges: One Postman’s 38-Year Journey Through China’s Rural Transformation

Sang Nancai’s 38-year career as a postal worker in Yunnan’s Nujiang Prefecture serves as a microcosm of China’s massive rural transformation and infrastructure push. By evolving from a manual messenger to an e-commerce facilitator for the Lisu people, his story highlights the state's efforts to integrate remote ethnic borderlands into the national economy.