Competition in the marketplace is fierce. And those who don't have Milladi's good looks have other ways to attract customers.

China's reform policy reaches all the way to Kashgar. The government hopes to build it into a trade hub for Central Asia.

But changing Kashgar means changing the lives of its rural population. Over 80 percent of them are farmers, most living in harsh conditions.

This is one of the richest families in a Kashgar farming village, Ten brothers and sisters. Their mother remembers how hard life used to be.

Life is sweet today. Three years ago, the government began licensing families to receive guests. The family has gone from farming to running their own inn.

Nuheliqiemu is quite satisfied with her life now, yet she's somewhat uneasy about being the first to get rich. She said, "There aren't many farmers in the village who can live a relatively comfortable life like us. We hope the government can help them all do better."

Nuheliqiemu's son is studying at Kashgar's Music Institute. He's the hope of the family. Nuheliqiemu doesn't want him to lead the life she once had, and she says that she has every reason to believe life will be even better for her grandchildren's generation.

Here we are at the end of our journey across China. That's over 3,000 miles away from where we set out in Shanghai. What we've seen is a vigorous country increasingly willing to expose itself to public scrutiny. But it's no easy task to rule a nation with such a huge and diverse population. And there's still a great deal that must be done before China can be called a truly "Harmonious Society" governed by law. The policies that have been debated in Beijing will help bring us one step closer to this ideal.

That's the end of our series "Across China." We'll be keeping you up to date on the changes in the country and how policies in Beijing affect the lives of all the people.

Editor:Liu Fang