China's Pingxiang sees booming China-Vietnam cross-border travel

STORY: China's Pingxiang sees booming China-Vietnam cross-border travel DATELINE: May 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: PINGXIANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists at the Youyiguan border gate 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU FENGJIAO, Chinese tourist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DENG QINGFANG, Manager with Guangxi Pingxiang Peace International Travel Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI HUI, Police officer with Youyiguan Immigration Inspection Station STORYLINE: The Youyiguan border gate in south China's Guangxi is witnessing a cross-border travel boom, with the number of Chinese and Vietnamese tourists traveling to both sides on the rise. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU FENGJIAO, Chinese tourist "This is my second time (to visit Vietnam) and I'm very excited. I want to go abroad and see the development of other countries." With the unleashing of the pent-up travel demand after the pandemic, local travel agencies are confident about China's tourism market. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DENG Q

Young entrepreneur engages in "rural revitalization" in central China village

STORY: Young entrepreneur engages in "rural revitalization" in central China village DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the farmhouse 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG LINCHAO, Manager of Hunan Nanzhushan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG FENGJIAO, Nanzhushan villager 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG LINCHAO, Manager of Hunan Nanzhushan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A young man in central China's Hunan Province has returned to the countryside after graduation to promote rural revitalization. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG LINCHAO, Manager of Hunan Nanzhushan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. "My name is Jiang Linchao. I grew up in the countryside. After graduating from college in 2019, I came to Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province, a place famous for its abundance of fish and rice by the Dongting Lake. And I became a co-founder and shareholder of an agricultural company. Currently, we have ab

Rural women in S China turn desert into oasis

STORY: Rural women in S China turn desert into oasis DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tao Fengjiao and trees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan 3. various of Tao at a museum introducing tree planting efforts 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan 5. various of Tao and other villagers planting trees STORYLINE: Tao Fengjiao, a 63-year-old villager in Changjiang Li Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, has been devoted to tree planting around Qizi Bay along with her fellow female villagers. Over the past three decades, they planted 5.88 million casuarina trees to fend off the incursion of the coastal desert. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan "Here used to be a desert, but now it has been turned into an oasis." The bay was once a desert without any living plants. Whenever a typhoon landed, the sand was all over the sky, sometimes posing lethal threats to l