This year marks the 60th year since revolutionaries of the older generation, including Mao Zedong, wrote inscriptions for comrade Lei Feng.

Over the past 60 years, the activities of learning-from-Lei Feng have been carried out continuously across the country. Lei Feng's name is well-known to every household, and Lei Feng's spirit has nourished the hearts of generations of Chinese people. No matter how the times change, the spirit of Lei Feng will never go out of date.

For a long time, Anhui province has deeply grasped the connotation and practical requirements of the Lei Feng spirit, and has continued to carry out activities of learning from Lei Feng in all parts of the province.

Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the activities of learning from Lei Feng in the new era have continued to expand content and innovate forms. From the north of the Huaihe River to the south of the Yangtze River, batches of Lei Feng-style collectives and model figures have emerged, and the spirit of Lei Feng has bloomed more brilliantly in Anhui.

On February 28, students from Liu Qi Primary School in Fuyang City participated in the learning from Lei Feng activity. Photo by Wang Biao

On March 2, in the Fengshan Group of Fengshan Village, Guandian Town, Mingguang City, Zhou Fuhong, director of the Mingguang Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, taught the villagers the planting technology of stevia. Photo by Li Bo

On March 4, students from Wuhe Primary School listened carefully to Lei Feng's story at the Lei Feng Cultural Exhibition Hall in Wuhe County, Bengbu City. Photographed by correspondent Li Xiangqian

On February 28, Xu Shengnian, the provincial intangible cultural heritage inheritor of "Wengdun paper-cut", introduced the paper-cut work of "Portrait of Lei Feng" to the students of the East Campus of Renmin Road Primary School in Lu'an City, and publicized Lei Feng's deeds. Photo by correspondent Tian Kaiping

On March 4, volunteers from Jiangxin Township, Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City and the "Blue Vest" volunteer service team of China Communications Second Navigational Bureau went to the bank of the Yangtze River to pick up the garbage and protect the river. Photo by Wang Wensheng, Liu Wenting

On March 1, Jiajiajingyuan Community, Wulidun Neighbourhood, Shushan District, Hefei City, launched a voluntary service activity of learning from Lei Feng, bringing convenience to the residents of the community. Photo by reporter Fan Bowen

On March 2, at the Yongrun Nursing Home in Eshan Town, Fanchang District, Wuhu City, volunteers accompanied the elderly to make dumplings happily. Photo by reporter Xiao Benxiang

On March 3, at the Zhuyinli Community Square, Sanli'an Neighbourhood, Shushan District, Hefei City, the volunteer service team of the College of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Tui na(a form of massage similar to shiatsu) of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine provided volunteer services for citizens. Photo by reporter Cheng Zhao

Edited and translated by Zheng Chen