China makes strides in protecting biodiversity

STORY: China makes strides in protecting biodiversity DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of plants and wild animal in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Voice of YANG QUAN, Chongqing Xuebaoshan National Nature Reserve 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Voice of CHEN NAN, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Voice of WEI RONGPING, Director, Wolong Shenshuping panda base 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Voice of DUAN WENBIN, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Voice of ZHAO XINLU, Head of Sonam Dargye Protection Station, Sanjiangyuan National Park STORYLINE: China is one of the countries with the highest plant diversity, providing habitats for 37,000+ types of higher plants, accounting for about one-tenth of the world's total. A critically endangered plant, known as Euonymus aquifolium, has been rediscovered in China, over 110 years after it was first found in the country. Thuja sutchuenen

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)