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On December 31, 2023, Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was very lively. As soon as Li Yong, who had traveled 1,800 kilometers from Erenhot City in Inner Mongolia, entered the house, he knelt down in the arms of his 97-year-old biological mother, Shi Bamei, and tears of joy and excitement burst out of his eyes.
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong hugged his relatives. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Shi Bamei fed Li Yong to eat rice balls. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong recognized his biological mother Shi Bamei (left). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Shi Bamei saw her son Li Yong and shed tears. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong held Shi Bamei's hand. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, 2024, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, more than ten kilometers away from Tianluowei Village, Li Shiying, a 67-year-old man from Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, also met his relatives. Li Shiying, formerly known as Yu Junjie, was sent to Shanghai when he was more than two years old, and was later sent to Inner Mongolia Xilin Gol League as one of the "3,000 orphans" to be raised. For more than 60 years, Li Shiying has worked and lived in Bayannur City and Wuhai City in Inner Mongolia, married a wife and had children, but his longing for his hometown and relatives has never been interrupted.
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying's eldest brother Yu Renjie (second from right) cried with joy when he saw his younger brother returning. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
In 2021, the state organized the "Reunion Action", and "children of the country" like Li Yong and Li Shiying signed up to collect blood samples, hoping to find their roots.
Through the unremitting efforts of the police of the Xilin Gol League Public Security Bureau and the volunteer team of Jiangsu Yixing to find relatives, Li Yong and Li Shiying successfully matched the DNA of relatives in Jiangsu and confirmed their kinship.
Li Shiying held the hand of his brother Yu Renjie and was excited: "Thank you to the country for saving us back then." Thanks to the country, after so many years, it has not forgotten us and helped me find my relatives. ”
On December 27, 2023, in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, Li Haibo (right), a police officer from the Xilin Gol League Public Security Bureau, showed Li Yong a photo of his biological mother. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yide
On December 29, 2023, volunteer Zhou Liujun (right) picks up Li Yong at Yixing Railway Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Shuchen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong (left) expressed his gratitude to Lu Shunfang, a volunteer who was searching for relatives. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong's relatives prepare a meal to welcome him. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong cried with joy when he saw his biological mother. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong fed Shi Bamei to eat rice balls. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Wu Damu, a police officer of the Public Security Bureau of the Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia, read out the confirmation of kinship. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong looks at a photo of his family, and the top right of the photo is his biological father. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 31, 2023, in Tianluowei Village, Daitou Town, Liyang City, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Li Yong (left) expressed his gratitude to Lu Shunfang, a volunteer who was searching for relatives. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
In the late 50s and early 60s of the 20th century, more than 3,000 orphans came to the Inner Mongolia prairie from many provinces and cities in the south, and grew up under the care of the local people, achieving the good story of "3,000 orphans entering Inner Mongolia", and they are also affectionately called "children of the country".
Over the past 60 years, most of the children of these "countries" have entered old age, and many of them have become more and more aware of where they come from in life. Thanks to the "Reunion Action" organized by the Ministry of Public Security in 2021, as well as the continuous improvement and improvement of the DNA database, one after another "children of the country" have successfully searched for their relatives.
On December 30, 2023, in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, Li Shiying (right) led his family to the train station to prepare for a trip to Yixing, Jiangsu Province to recognize relatives. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 30, 2023, in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, Li Shiying (first from right) led his family to the train station to Yixing, Jiangsu Province to recognize relatives. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 30, 2023, at Wuhai Railway Station in Inner Mongolia, Li Shiying waited for the train on the platform. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 30, 2023, at Yinchuan Railway Station, Li Shiying waited for his wife, daughter and grandson to transfer together. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On December 30, 2023, on the G3109 train from Zhengzhou to Yixing, Li Shiying looked for a seat. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying's family hung a banner to welcome him home. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying (center) returned to his hometown. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying returned to his old house. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Shuchen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying's family prepared rice balls to welcome him home. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying's eldest brother Yu Renjie (right) fed him tangyuan. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying chatted with his eldest brother Yu Renjie (left). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
On January 1, in Yujiaqiao Village, Xushe Town, Yixing City, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Li Shiying's six brothers and sisters took a group photo together. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen
Reporter: He Shuchen, Lian Zhen, Liu Yide
Photo editors: Jin Yu, Song Weiwei, Shi Sisi, Liu Xin
New Media Editors: Xie Xiudong, Cai Xiangxin, Yin Dongxun, Xu Jiayi
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