China's foreign trade sustains stable growth despite challenges

STORY: China's foreign trade sustains stable growth despite challenges DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1.various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG JUNHAO, President of Juneyao Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI RONGHAI, General manager, Hongkang Sports Equipment Co. Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3(English): KRISHNA SRINIVASAN, Director of IMF's Asia and Pacific Department 5. SOUNDBITE 4(Arabic): KARIM ADEL, Head of Cairo-based Al Adl Center for Economic and Strategic Studies STORYLINE: China's General Administration of Customs announced on Tuesday that the country's total imports and exports expanded 5.8 percent year on year to 13.32 trillion yuan in the first four months of this year. Exports grew 10.6 percent year on year while imports rose 0.02 percent in the first four months. In U.S. dollar terms, total foreign trade came in at 1.94 trillion U.S. dollars in the period, down 1.9 percent year on year. China's foreign trade businesses have seen a surge in

China's private entrepreneurs confident in achieving high-quality development

STORY: China's private entrepreneurs confident in achieving high-quality development DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG JUNHAO, President of Juneyao Group 3. various of private companies 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI RONGHAI, General manager, Hongkang Sports Equipment Co. Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU YUANGUAN, President of Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., Ltd. 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG JUN, Deputy general manager, Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. Ltd. 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): HU HONG, Official from Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone 8. various of private companies 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LIU ZHENHUA, General manager of a local machinery company STORYLINE: China's private entrepreneurs' confidence in pursuing high-quality development is picking up. The optimism did not come out of nowhere. China's private sector has posted a highly-anticipated recovery. Despite w