A moment in time: Cycles of cycling

Over the past year, bicycle-sharing schemes (above) in many cities have brought tremendous change to public transport. With the new notion "riding wherever and whenever", Chinese cities are filled with colorful bikes, which have become part of their landscape.

In 1980s China (below), the number of total bicycle owners was close to 500 million. Later, as cars became popular, bicycles were largely replaced and became a symbol of the poor.

However, with the internet+ era shaping every corner of the economic powerhouse, cycling's low-carbon way of life has found its way back.