Li Fujun checks newly purchased samples of water purifiers, Yangquan, March 7. Once a worker at a material supply station of Sijiazhuang Coal, Li started his own business when faced with redundancy due to overcapacity in the local coal industry, becoming one the first startups set up by ex-workers of the coal company. He now has multiple stores selling water purifiers equipped with magnetic devices. Quite a few members of Li’s entrepreneurship group were his colleagues at Sijiazhuang Coal. [Photo/Xinhua]

Bi Zhihui (L) and his wife attend their wedding ceremony, Jincheng, Jan 10. In June 2016, Bi applied to Chengzhuang Colliery of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group to retain his post while taking unpaid leave to establish a studio making short films, where he later met his future wife. [Photo/Xinhua]