Pan Shanji, 52, teaches at a primary school in Dayandong village, in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Sept 6, 2012. Pan is the only teacher for the 12 students of the village, which lies in a mountainous area. Most of the young people have left town to make money. Pan has been a teacher since 1979. The school has only two grades since 2009, as students transfer out for further studies as they get older. [Photo/Xinhua]

Pan Shanji distributes books for students to read, Sept 5, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]