Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role

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Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role

STORY: Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Weixing Forest Farm 2. various of the Da Pan inn 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm 4. various of Hu Xiuying cleaning the inn STORYLINE: This year marks the 10th anniversary of a logging ban in forests of the Khingan Mountains, home to northern China's largest natural forest barrier. Following the ban, many state-owned forest workers transitioned from logging to alternative livelihoods. In Heilongjiang Province, Weixing Forest Farm, dubbed "Snow Village" by locals, opened to tourists in 2014. Thanks to the thriving forest environment, Hu Xiuying has witnessed real changes in her life after running a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) business here. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm "My name is Hu Xiuying, and I run a

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