BRI brings more opportunities to world: experts

STORY: BRI brings more opportunities to world: experts DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of countries along the Belt and Road 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREI GUBIN, Associate professor, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAFAR UDDIN MAHMOOD, Special assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Researcher, Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): STEPHEN PERRY, Chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): SARWAR KASHMERI, Fellow at Foreign Policy Association STORYLINE: Since it was first proposed in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has grown into a well-received international public good and an important platform for building a community with a shared future for mankind. Experts in various countries have spoken highly of the BRI, saying China has made great efforts to facilitate the implementation of the initiative. SOUNDBITE

China's approach to development steady, systematic: U.S. scholar

STORY: China's approach to development steady, systematic: U.S. scholar DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SARWAR KASHMERI, Fellow at Foreign Policy Association 3. various of BRI projects 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SARWAR KASHMERI, Fellow at Foreign Policy Association STORYLINE: A U.S.-based scholar said that China has taken a systematic and step-by-step way to make progress in many aspects. Sarwar Kashmeri, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Association, said he's impressed with the very long-range thinking and planning of the Chinese government. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SARWAR KASHMERI, Fellow at Foreign Policy Association "What I admire is that the government in China has taken a systematic, steady, step-by-step approach and is succeeding. In these four decades, China has taken some 900 million people and moved them out of poverty. China has increased industrially, advanced industrially, advanc