Across Rivers and Ridges--China Ensures School Access for Children
- In 2022, a 268-meter-high elevator and an aerial cable car system began operating in Yunnan Province, reducing the travel time for children from remote mountain villages to their clifftop school and improving safety.
- A second 288-meter-high elevator was added in 2026 to accommodate increased transportation demand and further ease travel.
- Across China, local governments have implemented tailored transportation solutions, including dedicated bus routes and other services, to provide safer and more reliable access to education for students in remote areas, reflecting a national commitment to educational equity.
- These transportation improvements support broader national goals of rural revitalization, enhancing public services, and narrowing the urban-rural education gap as part of China's development plans.
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This lift is installed along a mountain, in the middle of the forest. From its 288 meters high, with its glass cabin, it climbs to a speed of five meters per second. It is, in reality, almost a school bus. Students take it every day to go to class. Two and a half hours of saved journey, and this also becomes a tourist attraction. At the top of the lift, the adventure continues with a cable car to reach the school that is at the top of the mounta…
VIDEO - China is the country of crazy projects, and this is no exception. In order to facilitate the lives of dozens of children, a village in the south-west of the country has seen a very special structure disembark in the landscape.
Yunnan: The 268-metre (m) high ‘Qingyun Ladder’ elevator will be built on the banks of the Nizhu River Grand Canyon in 2022 to make it easier for children in Nizhuhe village to get to school without having to climb for hours, reports Oddity Central. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan - Best Website Developer - WordPress Web Design - […] The post 268-metre elevator makes it easier for Nizhuhe children to get to…
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