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A German engineer's bond with China

STORY: A German engineer's bond with China SHOOTING TIME: March 10, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Klaus-Dieter Merz visiting battery factory in Hengshui City, Hebei Province 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KLAUS-DIETER MERZ, German engineer STORYLINE: Klaus-Dieter Merz, a 70-year-old German expert in new energy, recently revisited Gucheng County in north China's Hebei Province. During his visit, he collaborated with representatives from Chinese enterprises to facilitate the mass production of innovative sodium-ion batteries in China and Germany. Merz's first visit to China dates back to 2012. Since then, he has visited China frequently, fostering the adoption of eco-friendly new energy technologies through collaborative efforts between the two nations. He has also been deeply obsessed with Chinese culture and food. SOUNDBITE (English): KLAUS-DIETER MERZ, German engineer "And I took the opportunity to learn a little bit mor

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231218) -- BEIJING, Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines CZ2281 flight receives a water salute after landing at the Langzhong Gucheng Airport in Nanchong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 17, 2023. The airport was put to official operation on Sunday. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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#CHINA-AUTUMN-AGRICULTURE (CN)

(231007) -- BEIJING, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer picks grapes at a grape planting base in Gucheng District of Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Photo by Zhao Qingzu/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(230218) -- LIJIANG, Feb. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmers work in a field in Gucheng District of Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2023. Yushui (Rain Water), the second of China's 24 solar terms, falls on Feb. 19 in the year 2023. The arrival of Yushui will see rises in temperature, more frequent rainfall, and a wave of spring farming activities across China. (Photo by Zhao Qingzu/Xinhua)

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3,000-year-old settlement site found in SW China

STORY: 3,000-year-old settlement site found in SW China DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of settlement site in Gucheng Village, Kunming, Yunnan Province, southwest China 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU RANCHAO, Researcher, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 3. various of relics discovered in the Gucheng Village Site STORYLINE: Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a settlement site dating back more than 3,000 years in southwest China's Yunnan Province, which may offer new clues on the origin of the Dian culture once thriving in the region. The site was found in the Gucheng Village Site in Kunming, the provincial capital. The ring-shaped settlement is well-preserved and composed of platforms, trenches and slope protection, said Zhou Ranchao, a researcher with the Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU RANCHAO, Researcher, Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology "

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows paddy fields in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows farmers driving reapers harvesting paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer driving a reaper harvests paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows paddy fields in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows a farmer driving a reaper harvesting paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows a farmer driving a reaper harvesting paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows paddy fields in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows farmers driving reapers harvesting paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-PADDY-HARVEST (CN)

(220930) -- HEFEI, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows paddy fields in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers conduct examination and maintenance work for Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 25, 2022. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers conduct examination and maintenance work for Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 25, 2022. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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CHINA-ANHUI-YINGSHANG-FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION (CN)

(220826) -- YINGSHANG, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China's Anhui Province. Gucheng Township has transformed the former coal mining subsidence areas into the bases for floating photovoltaic power station on water in recent years. Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water has been put into operation with an installed capacity of 130 MW. Its average annual power generation has reached 136 million kWh, saving about 54,400 tons of standard coal and reducing 135,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

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GLOBALink | Special-post teachers in NW China create better future for rural students

STORY: Special-post teachers in NW China create better future for rural students DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and teachers at Gucheng Township Central Primary School 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG NAN, Special-post teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIANG NAN, Special-post teacher 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU XIN, Special-post teacher STORYLINE: In order to support the employment of college graduates and improve rural education, China encourages more college graduates to work as teachers in the country's rural areas. More than 120,000 jobs will be available for Chinese college graduates in 2022 under a national employment service program for grassroots jobs. Among them, 67,000 special-post teachers will be recruited, mainly in the country's central and western regions. Shaanxi Province in northwest China is expected to recruit 5,000 special-post teachers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG NAN, Special-post teacher "My n

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#CHINA-SUMMER-FARMING (CN)

(220706) -- BEIJING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer works in a field in Gucheng District of Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Zhao Qingzu/Xinhua)