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The article argues that China should focus on helping people, not building more infrastructure, if it wants to help its backward interior regions. Topics discussed include suggestions for China to invest in hospitals, schools and job trainings, allow workers to move freely by abolishing the "hukou" system that restricts migrants' access to public services outside their home towns and outlook for China.

The article focuses on the cruel, discriminating and counterproductive attitude of Chinese schools, especially in rural areas. Topics discussed are need for better education to transform the young into skilled citizens who can help growth, issue of rural poor students to travel long distance due to lack of schools and health facilities, need for Chinese government to provide public education, health and other services for an equal and fair growth.

The article offers information on the skepticism of some individuals to charitable giving in China. The topics discussed include the use of large pandas in enticing individuals to donate some unwanted items to the needy, the awkwardness felt by some middle-class people in charitable giving, and the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) per Chinese individual.