Electric cars future for green Earth: Slovak business leader

STORY: Electric cars future for green Earth: Slovak business leader SHOOTING TIME: June 4, 2024 DATELINE: June 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): PAVOL ANTALIC, Chairman of Slovak-Chinese Joint Business Council STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, Pavol Antalic, chairman of the Slovak-Chinese Joint Business Council, said that electric cars are the future of the world for a green Earth. SOUNDBITE (English): PAVOL ANTALIC, Chairman of Slovak-Chinese Joint Business Council "I am very interested in China's electric cars. Last 15 years, I have visited all exhibitions in Shanghai or Beijing. Because every day, every year, it changes. China's electric cars are very good and technical. It's excellent. Local customers are very interested in Chinese EV cars. For batteries, China has very famous factories. CATL is now building a big factory in Hungary and delivering batteries to BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen. And Slovakia also prepared one

China's striving for new energy facilitates trade, green development

STORY: China's striving for new energy facilitates trade, green development SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: Sofia, Dhaka, and CHANGCHUN/GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. New energy cars being assembled at the GAC Group's Aion new energy automotive factory in Guangzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (German): HELMUT STETTNER, CEO, Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): VESELIN ZAHARIEV, Chief financial officer of Solar Green Energy 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YIN BOBO, Director of the Cox's Bazar Wind Power Plant STORYLINE: China has taken solid steps to advance the green shift in its economic and social development and achieved tangible results. By October 2023, the installed renewable energy capacity in China had topped 1.4 billion kilowatts, accounting for almost half of the country's total installed power generation capacity. The country is also a global leader in the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, with NEV sales rankin

German auto firms invest more in China on new energy vehicle hopes

STORY: German auto firms invest more in China on new energy vehicle hopes DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of automobile manufacturers in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (German): HELMUT STETTNER, CEO, Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG KAIYU, Board of Management Member (Production and Logistics), Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MILAN NEDELJKOVIC, Member of the board of management, BMW AG 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHRISTIAN CONRAD, Chief Business Development Manager, Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing STORYLINE: In China's automobile hub of Changchun, German auto giant Audi and Chinese automaker FAW's new energy vehicle (NEV) joint project is making remarkable progress as they strive to establish their first pure electric vehicle production facility in the country. With a total investment exceeding 35 billion yuan (4.87 billion U.S. dollars), this state-of-the-art factory is set to become one of

Increasing foreign investment in NE China highlights new opportunities

STORY: Increasing foreign investment in NE China highlights new opportunities DATELINE: Oct. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the factory 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG HUAISHENG, General manager of Vitesco Automotive Changchun Co., Ltd. 3. various of the factory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (German): HELMUT STETTNER, CEO, Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 5. various of the factory 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MILAN NEDELJKOVIC, Member of board of management of BMW AG STORYLINE: A slew of multinational corporations have invested or increased their investment in various sectors in northeast China, making the region a hot spot for foreign investment. Vitesco Automotive Changchun Co., Ltd. has invested more than 500 million yuan (about 69.6 million U.S. dollars) in Jilin Province, one of its important production bases, in the past three years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG HUAISHENG, General manager of Vitesco Automotive Changchun Co., Ltd. "With the recovery of the Chinese

GLOBALink | European firms confident in Chinese market as China, EU deepen cooperation

STORY: European firms confident in Chinese market as China, EU deepen cooperation DATELINE: April 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the BMW factory and Audi factory 2. various of China and Europe economic cooperation STORYLINE: German carmaker BMW launched its all-new X5 with China-exclusive wheelbase design last week. It was the first time that the model was made in China. In February, the German auto giant strengthened its partnership in China by extending the joint-venture contract of BBA (BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.) until 2040, and increased its shares from 50 percent to 75 percent by investing some 27.9 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). These moves have reflected BMW's confidence in the Chinese market despite the pandemic. Apart from BMW, German automaker Audi also steps up efforts in cooperating with its Chinese partners. In February, cooperating with China's leading automaker First Automotive Works, Audi officially lau