The rigour of life in their home regions has made them pretty robust: those areas were dirt-poor in the final years of the Maoist era but boomed after being declared special economic zones.

• 他们家乡地区的艰苦生活让他们非常能够吃苦耐劳：那个地区在毛泽东时代的最后几年是很穷的，但在被宣布作为经济特区后又繁荣起来了。