Maintenance hangar in China's Xiamen offers quality service to aircraft from overseas

STORY: Maintenance hangar in China's Xiamen offers quality service to aircraft from overseas DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen Gaoqi Airport 2. various of HAECO Xiamen STORYLINE: A Boeing 787 aircraft flew from overseas and landed at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport for maintenance earlier this week. This was the 100th aircraft from overseas that had entered China's Xiamen for maintenance this year. HAECO Xiamen is one of the largest aircraft maintenance centers in Asia. From January to April this year, the export business volume of the company increased by over 20 percent compared with the same period last year. And the number of overseas aircraft that arrived here for maintenance exceeded 100 two months earlier than last year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

China opens "two sessions" with confidence for new growth

STORY: China opens "two sessions" with confidence for new growth DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 2. various of China 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): YANN BOZEC, President of Tapestry Asia Pacific, President & CEO, COACH China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SIMON SMITH, Director & General Manager of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) 5. various of China 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JIANG YING, Deloitte China Chair 8. various of China 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): THOMAS HELBLING, Deputy Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department STORYLINE: China's top political advisory body started its annual session on Saturday, marking the beginning of the country's major political gatherings, dubbed the "two sessions." How China will get off to a good start and provide the world with new opportunities through its o

Aero engine service company confident in China's economic outlook

STORY: Aero engine service company confident in China's economic outlook DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIMON SMITH, Director & General Manager of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) 3. various of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SIMON SMITH, Director & General Manager of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) 5. various of HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) STORYLINE: HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) (HES), an engineering branch of the multinational company Swire Group, is eyeing to further tap into the potential of the Chinese market. Simon Smith, director and general manager of HES, says that despite the pandemic, the company generated a revenue of nearly 4.7 billion yuan (about 685 million U.S. dollars) in 2022, equivalent to pre-COVID record high. He expects this year's profits will continue to increase. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIMON SMITH, Director & General Mana