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In pictures: China's Wealth Gap
Introduction

China's rapid economic progress has transformed its cities and coastal areas.

But life for many millions of Chinese in the country's vast, rural hinterland is in some ways the same as it always was.

BBC News Online visited two of China's poorest inland provinces, Ningxia and Guizhou, to hear views on the growing gap between rich and poor.

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