SW China county provides free glasses for students having eyesight problems

Zhaxi Wangmo is seen trying on a pair of glasses at Ruoergai Secondary School in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 17, 2019. Ruoergai County organized a visual examination for primary and secondary school students in April and found over 1,800 students having eyesight problems. The 10-year-old Zhaxi Wangmo is one of those students. Nanhu District of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, has paired with Ruoergai County. It organized local enterprises to carry out optometry and provided free glasses for teachers and students in 15 towns in Ruoergai. On June 17, Zhaxi Wangmo participated in the welfare activity and got her first pair of glasses. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)