Retirement for some is an opportunity to put your feet up, but Bai initiated an afforestation project in his hometown and offered helped in seeking investors, applying for government financing and organizing planting.
The 1950s when Bai was born were a time of great poverty in many parts of China. "I had little food to fill my stomach and all I had to wear was worn clothes with patches http://www.oldskooltilbud.com/vans-toy-story-old-skool-hvid-vans-sko-old-skool.html ," he recalled. Bai's home village remains poor,but he is determined to make a difference.
He and his villagers planted more than 30,000 trees, built an irrigation system and set up recreational areas among the trees.
He also helped set up a visitor center in the village to tell about local history.
Bai is just part of a movement that advocates retirees repaying their homelands.
Yang Shenghai, 73 http://www.oldskooltilbud.com/herre-vans-sk8-hi-reissue-udsalg-flade-rod.html , collected 50,000 yuan (7,700 U.S. dollars) from his friends in Lanzhou to renovate the primary school in his hometown. He left the village when he joined the army at 18, and later worked at the industry and commerce bureau in Lanzhou City before returning to his hometown in Yongdeng County.
Planting a small amount of corn in his backyard, Yang was delighted to feel like a farmer again. "It felt good to have grain harvested by myself," he said.
