Panda cubs send "Lunar New Year greetings" from China's Sichuan

STORY: Panda cubs send "Lunar New Year greetings" from China's Sichuan SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 6, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of panda cubs STORYLINE: Twenty-four giant panda cubs were gathered at two breeding bases in southwest China's Sichuan Province for a Chinese New Year greeting on Sunday. All the cubs were born in 2023 -- 10 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and 14 at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center. Amid festive decorations at the Shenshuping breeding base and at the second location in Chengdu's Beihu area, the cubs were held by their caretakers and posed for cameras to delight people around the world as Chinese New Year approaches. Over the years, the two organizations have been cooperating on giant panda breeding, genetic preservation, and disease prevention and control. They have also assembled expert panels to support the Giant Panda National Park, which was establis

CHINA-HUNAN-CHENZHOU-GREEN DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHENZHOU-GREEN DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230920) -- CHENZHOU, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023 shows a homestay in Kuandong Village, Beihu District of Chenzhou City in central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Central Chinese city revived after embracing green development" (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Shanghai makes all-out efforts to ensure spring farming amid COVID-19 fight

STORY: Shanghai makes all-out efforts to ensure spring farming amid COVID-19 fight DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of village officials delivering seedlings to household 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GU SONGCHANG, Village official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GU SONGCHANG, Village official 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Farmer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SHI YUPING, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Beihu Agricultural Development Co., LTD. STORYLINE: Agricultural workers in Shanghai have returned to work and are busy resuming farming as the epidemic situation has improved recently. Currently, most parts of China including Shanghai have entered the spring farming season. Government officials in a village in Shanghai are delivering more than 9,000 seedlings to 450 households, helping farmers to seize the spring plowing season. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GU SONGCHANG, Village official "Seedlings are coming." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GU SONGCHANG