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Decoding China: People's democracy embodied in transformation of once-isolated village

08:59, March 09, 2026 People's Daily Online

Encircled by towering mountains, Abuluoha was once completely cut off from the outside world. But in 2020, it became the last administrative village in all of China to gain paved road access. Check this edition to find out how this once-isolated village illustrates the very essence of China's whole-process people's democracy.