ETHIOPIA-SEBETA-ECONOMY-CHINESE TEXTILE FACTORY

ETHIOPIA-SEBETA-ECONOMY-CHINESE TEXTILE FACTORY

(221124) -- SEBETA, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Abdurhaman Kemal, local marketing head of Arbaminch textile factory of Zhejiang Mina Textile Co., Ltd., speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Sebeta, Ethiopia, Nov. 16, 2022. Miles away from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Sebeta in the Oromia region used to be largely a farming town. The establishment of Zhejiang Mina Textile Co., Ltd. has helped bring a much-welcomed change to the small town and the lives of local residents. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese textile factory invigorates small Ethiopian town" (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Chinese textile factory helps boost employment in small town of Ethiopia

STORY: Chinese textile factory helps boost employment in small town of Ethiopia DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the factory 2. various of employees working in the factory 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic), WORKU LEMI, Employee of the factory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic) ABDURHAMAN KEMAL, Local marketing head of the company STORYLINE: Miles away from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Sebeta in the Oromia region used to be a largely-farming town. But the establishment of a Chinese textile factory has helped improve the transformation of the small Ethiopian town and the lives of the local residents. Equipped with the best weaving, printing and dyeing machinery, the factory of Zhejiang Mina Textile Co., Ltd. in Sebeta is producing products marketed to Europe and neighboring African countries. Thirty-one-year-old Worku Lemi is an employee of the factory. He has witnessed the great changes of his life and his hometown since the setup of the Chinese f