Helicopters help speed up power recovery in NE China's flood-hit areas

STORY: Helicopters help speed up power recovery in NE China's flood-hit areas DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:10 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of helicopters carrying transmission towers in flood-stricken areas STORYLINE: Helicopters have been used in power recovery work in flood-hit areas in northeast China's Hailin City. Due to the impact of Typhoon Doksuri, power facilities along the Hailang River in Hailin City were seriously damaged. With the help of helicopters, equipment was lifted and transported to sites that were unreachable for ordinary lifting machinery. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

China's Heilongjiang sees endangered species recover under conservation efforts

STORY: China's Heilongjiang sees endangered species recover under conservation efforts DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of wild birds 2. various of forests in China's Heilongjiang STORYLINE: At Hailang River in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, dozens of Chinese merganser ducks are preparing for their migration south. Chinese merganser ducks, or scaly-sided mergansers, are an endangered species under class-one state protection. The species is also listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In recent years, the province has beefed up measures to restore forests, wetlands and other ecosystems. China Longjiang Forest Industry Group Co., Ltd., which takes care of over 14.5 percent of Heilongjiang's total land area, has established 49 nature reserves with a total area of 2,561,300 hectares. Thanks to these efforts, the local population of Chinese mergansers has grown from around a dozen