A visit to an atmospheric background station in China's Xinjiang

STORY: A visit to an atmospheric background station in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YUYANG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of surveyors working at the Akedala national atmosphere background station STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YUYANG, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now at the Akedala national atmosphere background watch station in Fuhai County. In the Kazakh language, Akedala means "Gobi Desert." True to its meaning, it's located in the desert in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Among the seven atmosphere background watch stations in China, it's the one at the northwesternmost." Surveyors at the station start working at 7 each morning. Their job is like a health checkup for the atmosphere. China is one of the first countries in the world to carry out the background observation of greenhouse gases. China's first regional atmospheric background monitoring station was put