A major exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up will make its debut at the Shanghai Exhibition Center on Wednesday. The five-chapter exhibition will occupy an area of 3,360 square meters, showcasing more than 1,000 photos taken by local people and netizens to commemorate key moments of Shanghai's developments over the last four decades. In addition, some games and interactive scenes were designed to engage the public. (Photos: chinadaily.com.cn/Wang Ying)

Posters show popular Chinese movies in the 1980s.

A bedroom in the 1980s.

A grain shop.

A newlywed couple in their marriage house in the 1980s.

A phone booth commonly seen in the 1980s and 1990s.

A scene of a neighborhood in 1980s Shanghai.

An old-style large kitchen stove.

Pictures show the early development of China's stock market.