China building SCO demonstration area into new Belt and Road cooperation platform

STORY: China building SCO demonstration area into new Belt and Road cooperation platform DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: QINGDAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the SCO demonstration area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU SHICHAO, Cross-border e-commerce supervision department, Jiaozhou Customs, Qingdao 3. various of freight trains 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): SERGEY MANASSARIAN, Armenian Ambassador to China 5. various of the SCO demonstration area STORYLINE: The China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao has become a new promising platform for Belt and Road cooperation. The demonstration area was proposed to be built in June 2018. It has since grown into an important link in the international industrial, supply and trade chains, boosting the economic and trade cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Apart from sea, air, and road transport, the demonstration area operat

China committed to building closer SCO community with shared future

STORY: China committed to building closer SCO community with shared future DATELINE: July 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: BEIJING CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai 2. various of views of SCO member countries 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JALAL BAZWAN, Lecturer of Kabul-based Kardan University 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MUHAMMAD KAMIL, Managing director of Pak Link Enterprises, Pakistan 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): NADEJDA NAZAROVA, Chief Operating Officer, Abrau Alcohol Beverage Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Russia 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Russian): SERGEY MANASSARIAN, Armenian ambassador to China 8. various of cooperative projects of SCO STORYLINE: The 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held on Tuesday. The SCO, the world's largest and most populous regional institution, stands as a good example of how China is working with its partners to

5 years on, SCO demonstration area offers opportunities for win-win cooperation

STORY: 5 years on, SCO demonstration area offers opportunities for win-win cooperation DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: QINGDAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): SERGEY MANASSARIAN, Armenian ambassador to China 3. various of freight trains 4. various of trading platforms 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YU, Alibaba Group STORYLINE: Five years on, the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao has grown into a new platform for international cooperation. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) demonstration area has sped up building a massive logistics passage to facilitate multilateral economic and trade cooperation and safeguard the stability of the industrial and supply chains in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): SERGEY MANASSARIAN, Armenian ambassador to China "We very much look forward to concrete cooperation outcomes, especially as strengt