The thirty year anniversary of China's implementation of the policy of opening up and reform is also an opportunity to think about the changes in people's lives over the past three decades. Many of those born thirty years ago are now parents. But they always remember fondly their toys from their childhood.

Game children played outside.

This game is bound to take those born in the 1970s back to their childhood years. It was a common game for them when they were children. And this hoop and stick were a luxury thirty years ago.

At the time, children either played with toys that were very inexpensive, or were totally free. This set of cartoons depicts how children played in 1970s China. They used to draw pictures in the street using chalk, made paper planes, played with marbles. There were many games that hardly cost anything at all.