Yang Yanqiang, 46, comes from Guiping, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. His parents died a long time ago and he has no wife or children. Yang, only having attended primary school, cannot find a job and receives the minimum living guarantee in his hometown. He left home and has been roaming the streets of Nanning, making a livelihood by collecting scraps for a monthly earning of 300 yuan (US$48.2).