Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2017 shows a country road at the lower reaches of the Tarim River in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In the past five years, China has seen 1.28 million km of rural roads built or renovated, with 99.24 percent of townships and 98.34 percent of villages connected by asphalt or cement roads. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)