Xinhua Headlines: Enterprising, confident, down-to-earth -- Meet China's rising generation

Xinhua Headlines: Enterprising, confident, down-to-earth -- Meet China's rising generation

(230504) -- BEIJING, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mewlan Turaq hangs a hat at his shop in the ancient city of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 13, 2019. Due to the booming tourism of Kashgar, Mewlan opened a shop selling traditional artwork, ornaments, and souvenirs in the ancient city in 2018. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

(230616) -- URUMQI, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mewlan Turaq plaits a customer's hair in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Xinjiang Story: Uygur designer weaves dreams into traditional clothing" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

(230616) -- URUMQI, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mewlan Turaq works at his cafe in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Xinjiang Story: Uygur designer weaves dreams into traditional clothing" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

(230616) -- URUMQI, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists rest at Mewlan Turaq's cafe in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 17, 2023. TO GO WITH "Xinjiang Story: Uygur designer weaves dreams into traditional clothing" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-UYGUR DESIGNER (CN)

(230616) -- URUMQI, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mewlan Turaq arranges a booth at a shopping complex in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 20, 2023. TO GO WITH "Xinjiang Story: Uygur designer weaves dreams into traditional clothing" (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Xinhua Headlines: Enterprising, confident, down-to-earth -- Meet China's rising generation

Xinhua Headlines: Enterprising, confident, down-to-earth -- Meet China's rising generation

(230504) -- BEIJING, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mewlan Turaq hangs a hat at his shop in the ancient city of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 13, 2019. Due to the booming tourism of Kashgar, Mewlan opened a shop selling traditional artwork, ornaments, and souvenirs in the ancient city in 2018. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)

Gen Z: Young Uygur boutique owner's aspirations

STORY: Gen Z: Young Uygur boutique owner's aspirations DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:38 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MEWLAN TURAQ, Owner of a boutique STORYLINE: Voice of MEWLAN TURAQ, Owner of a boutique "I want to do more work on promoting ethnic culture in Xinjiang and let people know about its diversity, the ethnic groups here and their customs." Kashgar, a historic city on the ancient Silk Road, is seen as a meeting place of many cultures, today as in the past. 29-year-old Mewlan Turaq owns a boutique in Kashgar, hoping for blending creative designs with traditional features. The Uygur man attended college in the southern Jiangxi Province, but returned to his hometown after graduation, to open his own business. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MEWLAN TURAQ, Owner of a boutique "Why did I open a boutique in the old town of Kashgar? I love to do designs, and I love my hometown very much. The products in our shop combine elements from the classical articles

Why Chinese youth are eager to join CPC

STORY: Why Chinese youth are eager to join CPC DATELINE: May 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:07:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the young people being attracted to the Party 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO ZHIHAO, Party chief, Jiupugang Village, central China's Hunan Province 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MEWLAN TURAQ, Owner of a cultural and creative products shop 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI RUNFENG, Student at Tsinghua University 5. various of the young people contributing to development of China STORYLINE: When the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in 1921, the average age of representatives attending its first National Congress was 28. Now more than 100 years have passed. In today's China, what's the century-old Party like in the eyes of the younger generation? And what's it about the CPC that keeps the Chinese youth engaged? We'll speak to young people in various parts of the country to find out. In Jiupugang, a scenic village in Hunan Province, 25-year-old Gao Zhihao is the Party c