New productive forces reshape China's economic landscape

STORY: New productive forces reshape China's economic landscape SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: HEFEI/TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's technology and innovative breakthroughs 2. various of Lenovo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHUCHUN, Head of Lenovo Innovation Industrial Base (Tianjin) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU CHUCHUN, Head of Lenovo Innovation Industrial Base (Tianjin) 5. various of VW 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 7. various of China STORYLINE: Developing new productive forces, a recent catchphrase in China, is among the priorities for this year's economic work mapped out by a tone-setting conference held last December. By underscoring this concept, China aims to foster advanced productivity through revolutionary technology breakthroughs, innovative allocation of production factors and deepened industrial upgrading. At a Lenovo innovation industrial base in Tianjin, a "zero carbon" intelligent

Eastern Chinese city boosts NEV development

STORY: Eastern Chinese city boosts NEV development DATELINE: July 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hefei 2. various of new energy vehicles manufacturing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU DONGMING, General manager of NIO Hefei branch STORYLINE: The eastern Chinese city of Hefei is aiming at building China's capital of new energy vehicle (NEV). More than 500 enterprises in NEV industrial chain are based in Hefei, including NIO, BYD and Volkswagen Anhui. From January to May this year, a total of 230,000 units of NEVs were produced in Hefei. It means in every minute, there was one NEV rolling off the production line. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui "Hefei is a city with amazing history, culture and people. It is also a place with strong entrepreneurial spirit and plenty of new opportunities as well as a right choice for us to accelerate our e-mobility vision. Ad

Volkswagen at full speed in building new NEV hub in E China's Anhui

STORY: Volkswagen at full speed in building new NEV hub in E China's Anhui DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 2. various of Volkswagen's new factory in Hefei 3. various of Hefei city STORYLINE: Volkswagen is pushing ahead at full speed with its localization strategy for the Chinese market. Volkswagen Anhui is Volkswagen Group's first majority-owned joint venture for all-electric vehicles in China. According to Erwin Gabardi, CEO of the company, it is a key pillar for the group's e-mobility push and decarbonization strategy in China and globally. SOUNDBITE (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui "As the famous Chinese saying goes, 'tian shi, di li, ren he.' The meaning is, to be at the right time, at the right place, having the right people is crucial for every successful business. With planned investment of 23.1 billion RMB (about 3.24 billion U.S. dollars), we are in full spe

Volkswagen attaches great expectation towards future development in E China

STORY: Volkswagen attaches great expectation towards future development in E China DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Volkswagen Anhui 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 3. various of Volkswagen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 5. various of Volkswagen Anhui and views of Anhui 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui STORYLINE: As the construction of Volkswagen Anhui's modular electric platform (MEB) plant is nearing full completion, Erwin Gabardi, the company's CEO speaks highly of the favorable business environment in China's Anhui Province that has allowed the company to develop at a fast speed. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui "I think we as Volkswagen Anhui see ourselves as an integral part of the NEV eco-system. Here in Anhui it's much more than a manufacturing plant, we talk about R&D, we talk about testing, we talk a