GLOBALink | NE China village protecting endangered migratory birds for 12 years

STORY: NE China village protecting endangered migratory birds for 12 years DATELINE: March 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the oriental white stork 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG YILUN, Volunteer in Zhangjia Village 3. various of the oriental white stork 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YILUN, Volunteer in Zhangjia Village 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LENG WANJUN, Party chief of Zhangjia Village STORYLINE: Zhangjia Village in Lyushunkou District of Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, attracts flocks of migrating oriental white storks every winter. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG YILUN, Volunteer in Zhangjia Village "In this migrating season, the birds began to arrive here on Nov. 20, 2021. More than 500 birds came in succession." The oriental white stork is a migratory bird under first-class national protection in China and listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Twelve years ago, a lo