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China's largest lake sees rebound of rare fish species

STORY: China's largest lake sees rebound of rare fish species SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Qinghai Lake 2. various of the naked carp 3. various of the Qinghai Lake 4. various of birds at the Qinghai Lake STORYLINE: Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake, has seen a positive growth of a rare fish species thanks to ecological protection. The naked carp, known as "Huangyu" in China, is endemic to Qinghai Lake. The fish is not only critical to the existence of local bird species, but also to the ecological balance of the highland lake. Due to overfishing and environmental deterioration, the population of naked carp declined sharply in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2002, Qinghai Lake only had 2,592 tonnes of naked carp. In order to protect the species and restore the environment, the province banned naked carp fishing in Qinghai Lake and nearby rivers in 2003. Qinghai has also closed the lake six

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Green rural revival program rejuvenates villages in China's Zhejiang

STORY: Green rural revival program rejuvenates villages in China's Zhejiang DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of villages 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SHENGLONG, Farmer in Cailu Village 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU YANGCHUN, Party secretary of Cailu Village 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG WANFEN, Party secretary of Jiangxiang Village STORYLINE: A rural revival program in China's Zhejiang has breathed new life into thousands of villages and empowered local communities. Zhejiang launched the Green Rural Revival Program in June 2003, which planned to renovate about 10,000 incorporated villages and transform about 1,000 central villages among them into examples of moderate prosperity in all respects. Cailu Village in Zhejiang used to be a traditional agricultural village. Over the past 20 years, under the Green Rural Revival Program, Cailu has been transformed into a model village of beautiful scenery and shared prosperity, especially

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Green development becomes hallmark of rural areas in China's Zhejiang

STORY: Green development becomes hallmark of rural areas in China's Zhejiang DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIAO ZHONGYA, Supervisor of planting base, Zhejiang Tasha horticulture Co., Ltd. 3. various of the village 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIN ZHENGHUA, Party chief of Taoyuan Village, Zhejiang Province 5. various of the village 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN JIE, Project manager, Jiajiayouyun Platform, Yundong Village 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN LIANYING, Resident in Yundong Village, Zhejiang Province 8. various of the village STORYLINE: Green development has emerged as a defining feature of rural areas in China's Zhejiang Province, since a rural revival program was launched here 20 years ago. With a focus on people's well-being, the Green Rural Revival Program, which covers as many as 10,000 villages, was launched in June 2003 to address the imbalance in development between cities and r

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-GREEN RURAL REVIVAL PROGRAM-VILLAGES (CN)

(230612) -- HANGZHOU, June 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yue opera artists stage a performance among cole flowers in Meirong Village of Tonglu, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 26, 2023. In June 2003, Zhejiang launched the Green Rural Revival Program, which plans to renovate about 10,000 incorporated villages and transform about 1,000 central villages among them into examples of moderate prosperity in all respects. Thanks to the program, the image of the countryside has been comprehensively lifted in Zhejiang Province. A total of 2,170 featured villages and over 3 million beautiful rural courtyards have been built. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CN)

(230409) -- HANGZHOU, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023 shows a view of Digang Village of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2003, Zhejiang Province launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration and Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, with the aim of comprehensively renovating ten thousand administrative villages in the province and building a thousand key villages of them into all-round well-off model villages. For twenty years, the project has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Woman returning to N. Korea after 'forcibly taken' to Japan

BEIJING, China - To Chu Ji, a 57-year-old North Korean woman who claims to have been forcibly taken to Japan in 2003, speaks about her intention to return to North Korea at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on June 26.

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Nomura Mannojo

Nomura Mannojo, Noh farce (Kyogen) actor (photo taken on June 26, 2003)

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Economic blueprint aims to cut subsidies to localities

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 26. The government's key economic panel completed an economic blueprint for 2003 which features a major cut in state subsidies to local authorities as part of a plan to revamp the financial link between the central and local governments.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-COVID-19-TAIWANESE-DOCTOR (CN)

(220126) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 22, 2011 shows Huang Xinyi (L) and her mother posing for a photo at Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian Province. Tianjin launched its fourth citywide COVID-19 nucleic acid testing at 6 a.m. on Jan. 20. Doctor Huang Xinyi, who participated in the citywide nucleic acid testing for the second time, was in charge of the testing site of Guanyun Primary School in Hedong District of Tianjin, together with seven colleagues. Born in Kaohsiung of southeast China's Taiwan, Huang Xinyi came to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2003 to study traditional Chinese medicine. After receiving her doctorate at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2015, she became a doctor in the infection department of Tianjin Third Central Hospital. Although the latest .....

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Storm Photographic Work By Serge Zaka

Serge Zaka, doctor in agro-meteorology at INRAE (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) and awarded 2021 Weather Photographer, studies the impact of climate change on agriculture. Since 2003, he has traveled across France to study and immortalize the most beautiful climatic events. in Millau, France on June 26, 2020. Photo by Serge Zaka / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Astronaut Noguchi excited about space mission

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (C) undergoes a training at a facility of the U.S. Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, Texas, in a photo taken in May 2002. Noguchi said on June 25 he is looking forward to helping construct the International Space Station (ISS) when the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis is launched in January 2003.

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Economic blueprint aims to cut subsidies to localities

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 26. The government's key economic panel completed an economic blueprint for 2003 which features a major cut in state subsidies to local authorities as part of a plan to revamp the financial link between the central and local governments. (Kyodo)

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Woman returning to N. Korea after 'forcibly taken' to Japan

BEIJING, China - To Chu Ji, a 57-year-old North Korean woman who claims to have been forcibly taken to Japan in 2003, speaks about her intention to return to North Korea at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on June 26. (Kyodo)