She's still raising money for the photo drive.

Yang had left her blood sample in a clinic in 2006 when she was still in college in the provincial capital Xi'an. Eight years later, a match was found for a leukemia patient.

"I realized it was a life-or-death situation, and there was probably no chance for the patient to find a second match," she says.

After consulting her father and sister-in-law who are both doctors, Yang donated stem cells to the patient. The experience made Yang think of doing more for others.

As a press photographer, Yang often goes to the countryside and has seen the hard life of many elderly people in Shangluo.

"Many local young people have been working away from homes to bring in better income," Yang says.