Humanoid Robots Half-Marathon - Beijing

Humanoid Robots Half-Marathon - Beijing

Robotic participant "Huanhuan" (front) competes as engineers run alongside during the Beijing E-Town half-marathon and humanoid robots half-marathon in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area in southeast Beijing, April 19, 2025. Photo by Cao Can/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ANNIVERSARY-ICE CUBE (CN)

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-ANNIVERSARY-ICE CUBE (CN)

(230204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Huanhuan (1st L), venue operation team member of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, experience skating with her child at National Aquatics Centre (the "Ice Cube") in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2023. Activities were held here on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

Thriving digital economy in China: Year in Review

STORY: Thriving digital economy in China: Year in Review DATELINE: Dec. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:32 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of highlights of digital sectors in China 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHOU YANG, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EFEM UBI, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Lagos 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TAREK EL-SONOTY, Deputy editor-in-chief of Egypt's Al-Aharm, expert in Asian affairs 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHOU YANG, Xinhua correspondent 6. various of scenes related to digital economy 7. various of Shenyang, Liaoning Province 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG HUANHUAN, China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd. 9. various of the site under construction 10. various of smart agriculture 11. various of Guizhou Province 12. various of a tea plantation base in Pu'an County, Guizhou Province 13. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU DAN, Head of tea plantation project 14. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): BAO GUI, General manager of tea trading company 15. various of

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.''

Construction industry turning smart in NE China

STORY: Construction industry turning smart in NE China DATELINE: Nov. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenyang 2. various of a construction site 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG HUANHUAN, Chief engineer of Zhonghai Project, China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd. 4. various of Fushun 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NIU ZHANYU, Secretary general of Shenyang Construction Industry Association STORYLINE: Liaoning Province in northeast China has been developing intelligent construction as China is working to push its construction industry onto a greener, smarter and safer path. At a shopping mall under construction in the provincial capital of Shenyang, technicians are checking the dome installation data collected by an on-site robot. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG HUANHUAN, Chief engineer of Zhonghai Project, China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd. "Above us is a steel-structured dome with a height of 45 meters. If we carry out measu

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.'' (Kyodo)

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.'' (Kyodo)