The Chinese People in the Streets and Lanes is a documentary photography series made across China between 2020 and 2025, spanning Beijing, Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Sichuan, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan, Gansu, and other regions where I traveled and lived. With no predetermined subject or narrative, I photographed people and everyday encounters that caught my attention, often observing individuals in relation to the streets, neighborhoods, and environments they inhabited. Made across five years, including three years during the COVID-19 pandemic, the series unintentionally records a particular period of Chinese everyday life. Looking back at these photographs today, I also see them as a record of how I once looked at the world—with curiosity and a sensitivity to ordinary moments that I now find myself searching for again.