Water canal, bridge bring connectivity, better lives to villagers of China's Guizhou

STORY: Water canal, bridge bring connectivity, better lives to villagers of China's Guizhou DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: ZUNYI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village, canal and bridge 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): REN GUOMEI, Tour guide of Dafa canal, Tuanjie Village 3. various of the canal 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAN RUI, Staff of Renhuai-Zunyi expressway project 5. various of the bridge 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): REN GUOMEI, Tour guide of Dafa canal, Tuanjie Village 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HUANG DAFA, Former official of Tuanjie Village 8. various of the bridge STORYLINE: Hidden deep in the mountains of a small village in southwest China's Guizhou Province flows the Dafa Canal, which brings water and improves livelihoods for local people. The construction of the canal spanned for 36 years and was completed in 1995 under the leadership of Huang Dafa, a former official of Tuanjie Village. Life was hard in the village in northern Guizhou before the constr