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China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom

STORY: China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage / March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:25 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenyang 2. various of the training 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU BOMIN, Dean of ShenYang Sino German Institute 4. various of the students 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DONG AIPENG, Student of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) New Vocational Education program 6. various of the students 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SASIKARN PANYAOPAS, Thai student 8. various of the students STORYLINE: In recent years, China has actively expanded its vocational education to align with the demands of enterprises. With various programs, the country's vocational education has embraced international cooperation. Since 2013, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, has run a vocational program. By teaming up with vocational schools, BBA designs courses that match the needs of b

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei displays her books at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's arti

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei writes before dawn at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 24, 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's art

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Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results

STORY: Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. 2. various of Golden Harvesta INC. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filipino): EUNICE HILARIO, Local farmer 4. various of production 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PRAJAYA, Joint venture partner of PT Mulia Harvest Agritech in Indonesia 6. various of production 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIN WEIDONG, Chairman of Wellhope Foods Company Limited STORYLINE: Headquartered in northeast China's Shenyang, Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise mainly focusing on fodder trade, pig raising, and food processing. Since 2013, Wellhope has invested and built factories in the Philippines, Indonesia and other Belt and Road countries, bringing win-win results. Golden Harvesta INC. in the Philippines is one of the companies Wellhope has invested in. It has brought tangible benefits to local farmers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filip

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Money title rivals practice before Daikin Orchid tournament

NANJO, Japan - Rikako Morita (R), winner of Japan's 2013 LPGA money title, and runner-up Sakura Yokomine practice before the start on March 7, 2014, of the three-day Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan's research whaling

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese research whaling ship the Yushin Maru No. 2 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2013. Two Japanese whaling ships and a surveillance ship left the port the same day to join the mother vessel Nisshin Maru and hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March.

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Japan's research whaling

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese research whaling ship the Yushin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2013. Two Japanese whaling ships and a surveillance ship left the port the same day to join the mother vessel Nisshin Maru and hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March.

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Opposition to military action on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - Syrians and other demonstrators march in New York on Sept. 7, 2013, expressing their opposition to a possible U.S. military action against Syria.

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Princess Hisako leaves for Buenos Aires

NARITA, Japan - Princess Hisako, widow of Prince Takamado, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2013, to leave for Buenos Aires. The princess will attend a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Argentine capital on Sept. 7 to make a speech thanking the world for supporting northeastern Japan after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Princess Hisako leaves for Buenos Aires

NARITA, Japan - Princess Hisako, widow of Prince Takamado, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2013, to leave for Buenos Aires. The princess will attend a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Argentine capital on Sept. 7 to make a speech thanking the world for supporting northeastern Japan after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Princess Hisako to attend IOC meet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Princess Hisako, widow of the late Prince Takamado. The Imperial Household Agency said Sept. 2, 2013, that the princess will attend a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7 and make a speech thanking the world for supporting northeastern Japan after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Protests in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Opponents of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra march to the parliament building in Bangkok protesting an amnesty bill on Aug. 7, 2013. Antigovernment groups and opposition groups have criticized the measure, which could help Thaksin to return home without facing punishment.

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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito shows a viola bearing a picture of the "miracle pine" at a concert performed by the Gakushuin OB orchestra at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo on July 7, 2013. The wood for the viola came from driftwood left in areas of northeastern Japan that were ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami, as well as the "miracle pine," the only tree to survive from a forest of pines swept away by the tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito plays a viola made of driftwood during a concert performed by the Gakushuin OB orchestra at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo on July 7, 2013. The wood for the viola came from debris left in areas of northeastern Japan that were ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami, as well as the "miracle pine," the only tree to survive from a forest of pines swept away by the tsunami. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO seeks to restart idled nuclear reactors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the buildings containing the No. 7 reactor (L) and the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. TEPCO said July 2, 2013, it will swiftly apply for a state safety assessment of the two reactors to restart their operation, even as the utility continues to grapple with the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Young returnees to Tohoku aiding post-earthquake recovery

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken June 7, 2013 shows Mamoru Kondo (back L) and Mariko Takada talking with a resident at a temporary housing site in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. Kondo and Takada are among a growing number of young people who are returning to their hometowns in the Tohoku region to support their recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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California nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - A March 2011 file photo shows the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in southern California in the United States. Electric utility Southern California Edison announced on June 7, 2013, that two reactors at the plant taken offline in early 2012 due to faulty steam generators made by a Japanese manufacturer will be shut down for good.

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Peace march for Hiroshima

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Shiose, who was orphaned at age 7 when he lost his parents and two older brothers in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, speaks at a gathering in Tokyo's Yumenoshima district on May 6, 2013, before the start of a three-month peace march to Hiroshima in western Japan, which calls for the abolishment of nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation.

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Akita governor reelected without vote

AKITA, Japan - Incumbent Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake (C) celebrates in the city of Akita on March 21, 2013, after winning a second four-year term of office as no contenders filed their candidacy in the gubernatorial election slated for April 7.

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Ex-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage gives interview

WASHINGTON, United States - Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on March 7, 2013 at his office in Arlington, Virginia.

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Heart-shaped camphor tree

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken March 7, 2013, shows a camphor tree, which appears heart shaped from a certain angle, in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture. The tree was planted in 1926 by then Crown Prince Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Tibetan temple in China

BEIJING, China - Photo shows a police vehicle with surveillance cameras parked at a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Qinghai Province, China, on March 7, 2013.

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Tibetan temple in China

BEIJING, China - Photo shows a surveillance camera (top) installed at a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Qinghai Province, China, on March 7, 2013.

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Tibetan temple in China

BEIJING, China - Photo shows portraits of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama displayed in a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Qinghai Province, China, on March 7, 2013.

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Netherlands vs. Cuba in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Netherlands players celebrate as Andruw Jones (25) returns home for a walk-off after Kalian Sams drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round elimination game against Cuba at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 11, 2013. The Netherlands advanced to the World Baseball Classic final round with the 7-6 walk-off win over Cuba.

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U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Sook holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013, after the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013.

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U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - The U.N. Security Council unanimously votes for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013.

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Restoring historic buildings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in August 2012 shows an outlet of sake brewery Otokoyama Honten Co., which was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The World Monuments Fund in New York said on March 7, 2013, that it will give $250,000 to rebuild seven historic buildings in Kesennuma, including the Okotoyama Honten store.

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U.N. votes for sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Tsuneo Nishida holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013, after the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013.

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U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013, after the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013.

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U.N. votes for sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Li Baodong holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013, after the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013.

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Osprey nighttime training

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft leave the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture at 7:06 p.m. on March 7, 2013, in the U.S. military's first nighttime training flights of the aircraft over Japan's main islands.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A crowded streetcar leaves Pyongyang Station in North Korea on March 7, 2013.

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Slovene president in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Slovene President Borut Pahor is interviewed in Tokyo on March 7, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans attend a rally in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 7, 2013, in support of a statement issued by a spokesman of the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army to scrap the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - A woman covers her face with goggles and a mask in Beijing on March 7, 2013, as air pollution blankets the Chinese capital. In the background is the Great Hall of the People.

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Osprey nighttime training

IWAKUNI, Japan - Two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft leave the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture at 7:06 p.m. on March 7, 2013, in the U.S. military's first nighttime training flights of the aircraft over Japan's main islands.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A vehicle covered with a camouflage net for wartime use drives down a road in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 7, 2013.

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IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013, on Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission called Tokyo's bid proposal ''very impressive'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

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IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - During a rehearsal on March 7, 2013 for a public event, students line up in front of a signboard that praises North Korea's third nuclear test, hung at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

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Japanese conductor in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Michiyoshi Inoue, an award-winning Japanese conductor, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on March 7, 2013, a day before his planned concert in the North Korean capital.

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IOC calls Tokyo's bid 'very impressive'

TOKYO, Japan - Craig Reedie, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, holds a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2013. The commission called Tokyo's plan for hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics ''very impressive,'' as it wrapped a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital the same day.

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BOJ lifts economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 7, 2013, after the central bank upgraded its assessment of the economy and kept its monetary policy unchanged at the last policy meeting chaired by Shirakawa, who will step down later in the month.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - A woman pushes a stroller in central Beijing on March 7, 2013, as air pollution blankets the Chinese capital.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - Photo shows an area in central Beijing on March 7, 2013, as air pollution blankets the Chinese capital.

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New Ishigaki Airport

ISHIGAKI, Japan - One of the first flights departs a new airport with a longer runway as it opened on the remote island of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture on March 7, 2013.