Xinhua Headlines: New school semester kicks off in China's flood-ravaged regions

Xinhua Headlines: New school semester kicks off in China's flood-ravaged regions

(230901) -- BEIJING, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- In this photo taken with a mobile phone, students attend class in an office of Xicaolu Village in Raoyang County, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 1, 2023, as their flood-ravaged school is under reconstruction. (Xinhua)

Repair work in full swing at flood-affected schools in N China's Hebei

STORY: Repair work in full swing at flood-affected schools in N China's Hebei DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: HENGSHUI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of undergoing repair work at a school of Liuchu Township, Raoyang County, Hengshui City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YIN JINGLEI, Principal of school in Raoyang County, Hengshui City 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI BIN, Official, Education bureau in Raoyang County, Hengshui City STORYLINE: From late July to early August, several areas in northern China experienced rare rainfall and floods after typhoons moved inland. Here in Hengshui City of Hebei Province, one of the country's worst-hit areas, post-disaster reconstruction work is underway in schools to ensure students return to schools as scheduled. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YIN JINGLEI, Principal of school in Raoyang County, Hengshui City "Over the past few days, we have been reinforcing the perimeter walls and demolishing and rebuilding the toilets. Based on the current progress

GLOBALink | Dyke breach of Raoyang River in China's Liaoning closed

The dyke breach of the Raoyang River in NE China's Liaoning Province was closed on Saturday. Local rescue team has started sand dredging and drainage work. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

GLOBALink | Dyke breach of Raoyang River in China's Liaoning closed

STORY: Dyke breach of Raoyang River in China's Liaoning closed DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: PANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue team working at the site 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI YONG, Deputy director of Panjin Water Conservancy Bureau STORYLINE: The dyke breach of the Raoyang River in northeast China's Liaoning Province was closed on Saturday. Local rescue team has started sand dredging and drainage work. The dyke breach occurred at 10:30 a.m., Monday. The city's flood control headquarters initiated the level-I emergency flood control response and sent 2,680 rescuers and 320 engineering and transport vehicles to the site. Flood-fighting materials such as sandbags and timber piles were also allocated to the site. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI YONG, Deputy director of Panjin Water Conservancy Bureau "Now 31 mobile pump trucks of the national emergency rescue team have started to pump water out of the flooded area. There are about 50 million cubic meters of water

Clean energy helps greenhouse vegetable farming go zero-carbon in N China

STORY: Clean energy helps greenhouse vegetable farming go zero-carbon in N China DATELINE: March 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: HEBEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of vegetable greenhouses 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LU JIZHAI, Farmer 3. various of farmers working in the greenhouse 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI FENG, General manager of State Grid Raoyang Branch STORYLINE: Clean energy including photovoltaic and wind power helps greenhouse vegetable farming go zero-carbon in Raoyang County, north China's Hebei Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LU JIZHAI, Farmer "We used to lack electricity during the peak times of watering as many people used it at the same time, but now we no longer worry." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI FENG, General manager of State Grid Raoyang Branch "Clean energy meets the electricity demand of agricultural production. The surplus clean electricity can be integrated to the grid to help increase farmers' incomes. Normally, we can realize zero-carbon energy supply.