Bridges bring benefits to China's mountainous province

STORY: Bridges bring benefits to China's mountainous province DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:47 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of bridges in Guizhou 2. various of Beipanjiang Bridge 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA XUANJUN, Villager near Beipanjiang Bridge 4. various of Dafa Canal Bridge 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG CHAOHAI, Party chief of Tuanjie Village 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG DAFA, Former Party chief of Tuanjie Village 7. various of Huajiang River Bridge STORYLINE: Southwest China's Guizhou Province, with 92.5 percent of its area covered by mountains and hills, has built nearly 30,000 bridges since the late 1970s and is now home to nearly half of the 100 tallest bridges in the world. Due to the large number of bridges, their types and complex technologies used in the construction of the bridges, Guizhou is known as "the museum of world bridges." Through bridge building, deep gorges are becoming thoroughfares. Mountainous Guizhou is becoming deeply integrate