[Big read] Tiny steps, big change. How everyday efforts are building an inclusive Guangzhou

Think China

18th November 2025

[Big read] Tiny steps, big change. How everyday efforts are building an inclusive Guangzhou

A hearing impaired person communicates through sign language interpretation.

By Zeng Shi

Every week, volunteers like Feifei travel across Guangzhou to teach skills to visually impaired residents. These small acts — training, apps, accessible facilities — are just the beginning of building a truly inclusive society, with much more still to be done. Lianhe Zaobao journalist Zeng Shi reports.

Since March, 25-year-old visually impaired volunteer Feifei has been making a weekly one-hour cross-city metro journey to Heyuan community (和苑社区) in Guangzhou’s Liwan district. For over six months, she has been teaching the community’s visually impaired residents to use computers and smartphones.

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/17/WS691b0e35a310d6866eb29ef6_2.html