Thousands of grey herons nest on Yellow River cliffs

STORY: Thousands of grey herons nest on Yellow River cliffs DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: YUNCHENG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of grey herons 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TAN JIJUN, Director of Pinglu Forestry and Grassland Development Center in Shanxi Province 3. various of grey herons STORYLINE: As the weather warms up in spring, a large number of grey herons have flocked to the cliffs in the Yellow River wetland in Pinglu County, China's Shanxi Province, to nest and breed. The grey heron is under second-class national protection. They mainly feed on fish and shrimp in shallow waters or swamps. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TAN JIJUN, Director of Pinglu Forestry and Grassland Development Center in Shanxi Province "To ensure the safety of grey herons during their breeding season, we have designated the surrounding region with an area of more than 20 sq km as a protection and monitoring area for them. And during each year's breeding season, we will send many professional rang

Multi-ethnic team of technicians in China's Xinjiang work to ensure railway safety

STORY: Multi-ethnic team of technicians in China's Xinjiang work to ensure railway safety DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a train maintenance center in Urumqi 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZIGULI TUNIYAZI, Technician, Bullet train maintenance center in Urumqi 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALIMU YIMIN, Technician, Bullet train maintenance center in Urumqi 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DING JIJUN, Assistance director, Bullet train maintenance center in Urumqi STORYLINE: At a train maintenance center in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang, a multi-ethnic team of technicians has been working around the clock to ensure the safe operation of bullet trains. Uygur technician Aziguli Tuniyazi is one of the first-generation rail flaw detection technicians in Xinjiang. Years of practical work have made her an expert in the field. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AZIGULI TUNIYAZI, Technician, Bullet train maintenance center in Urumqi "We detected a

Exploring new trends of driverless vehicles in Hefei, China

STORY: Exploring new trends of driverless vehicles in Hefei, China DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU FANGQIANG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of driverless vehicles 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE JIJUN, Senior R&D engineer, Beijing Nebula Link Technology Co., Ltd. 4. various of driverless vehicles 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG ZHIWEI, President of Singpilot (Anhui) Co., Ltd. 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HU CHANGCHUN, Deputy general manager, Hefei Zhongguancun Intelligent Connected Vehicle Park STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): LIU FANGQIANG, Xinhua correspondent "Autonomous driving has been widely used in China's society today and I tried some of its applications a few days ago, such as the autonomous driving tour bus, autonomous driving delivery vehicle. What else can this technology do in the future? Today, I've come to an autonomous driving technology innovation park in Hefei city, capital of east China's Anhui P

Digital technology brings convenience to mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou

STORY: Digital technology brings convenience to mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shaoxi Village 2. various of digital doorplate 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE LI, Shaoxi villager 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 6. various of agricultural products 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WAN JIJUN, Member of the Party Committee of Baini Township, Yuqing County, Guizhou Province STORYLINE: Mountains do not mean isolation from the outside world anymore thanks to digital technology. It has exempted mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou from trekking for civil services. By scanning a QR code on a "digital doorplate" above the door of every household in Shaoxi, a small village in Guizhou Provi

(Please credit to Photographer not to Kyodo News) BEIJING, CHINA----An image from the screen at the control center in Beijing shows the manned Shenzhou V works normally, Oct.15, 2003. China launched its first manned spaceship Shenzhou V (Divine Vessel V) at 9:00am the day, becoming the 3rd country in the world to send a person into orbit after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Astronaut Yang Liwei became China's first space man. Photographer: Chai Jijun.