Made in China — amazing inventions of ordinary Chinese

Every country has its own great inventors — Archimedes in Ancient Greece, Alexander Popov in Russia, Thomas Edison in the USA... There are still not quite recognized inventors in China, and today we will talk about them. Of course, their inventions are not comparable to, say, a radio or a telephone, but, nevertheless, they are worth looking at. At least because all these mechanisms were assembled by Chinese craftsmen at home — in backyards and garages.

It took He Liang ten years to modify this... suitcase, turning it into a vehicle. It reaches speeds of more than 19 km/h and can travel 48-64 km on a single charge.

Tao Xiangli, a self—taught inventor, assembled this remote-controlled robot from scrap metal and electrical wires that he bought with his hands, spending a total of $49,037. However, Tao ran into a problem when he realized that the robot was too big to leave his room.

This homemade motorcycle with a height of 2.38 m cost its creator Abulazhon 1300 dollars. It weighs 2702 kg and can reach speeds of 40 km/h.

It took a Chinese peasant five months to create this submarine. The submarine successfully sank to a depth of 9 m in a lake near his home in the town of Danjiankou, Hubei Province.

This makeshift tractor is equipped with 12 rotating brushes, with which their creator sweeps the streets in the city of Mohe, Heilongjiang Province.

Liu Wanyun created this improvised bicycle that keeps afloat thanks to plastic pipes.

This farmer, who is also a retired Chinese military man, spent $6,450 to create this replica of the tank.

Liu Fulong built a wooden electric car on his own. The car can accelerate up to 32 km/h, which is a high enough speed for a homemade vehicle.

Zhang Wuyi with his invention — a new submarine for catching sea cucumbers (holothurias).

Chinese inventor Yang Zongfu rejoices at the successful tests of his spherical container weighing 5443 kg, which he called Noah's Ark. The vessel was created to protect the people who are inside from fire, water and other external influences.

This wheel was created by the inventor Li Yunli. He called it "the number one vehicle in the world."

Zhang Xuelin inside his homemade airplane.

55-year-old blacksmith Tian Shenying (right) adjusts the blade of his homemade helicopter.

Sun Jifa carries a stone during the construction of his new house. Chinese peasant Sun, who partially lost both hands in a fishing accident 32 years ago, could not afford to buy prosthetics all this time. He spent two years having his nephews create prosthetics for him out of scrap metal, plastic and rubber under his guidance.

49-year-old mechanic Wu puts together the parts of his new robot in the workshop.

63-year-old inventor Han Yuzi holds one of his creations — a comb, which also serves as a musical instrument.

Li Jingchun (above) — a 58-year-old farmer — and his homemade airplane on the roof of the house.

49-year-old Zhang Yali is testing a huge bike created by him and his friends.

Farmer Shu Mansheng hovered above the ground in his homemade flying device during its testing in the yard of the house.

Auto mechanic Dean Shilu is testing his homemade aircraft on a frozen pond.

Lei Zhiqian is riding... or rather, riding a bicycle.

Gao Hanjie sets the blades on his homemade helicopter.

A worker polishes the surface of an unfinished miniature submarine in the workshop of a local artisan inventor.

Chinese peasant Yang Yude pushes a homemade cannon on his property on the outskirts of Wuhan.

Chinese Shu Mansheng is preparing to take off on his homemade ultralight aircraft.

Farmer Wu Yulu rides a rickshaw pulled by his homemade robot.

Tao Xiangli gets out of his homemade submarine after its tests in the lake.

Wu Zhongyuan, 22, poses next to his homemade helicopter.

Zhao Xiugo in a homemade replica of a Formula 1 car.

Farmer Li Yuming and his unfinished mini-submarine.

A self-taught Chinese inventor named Yu Jun and his homemade helicopter.