Chinese company turns straw into energy in Shandong

STORY: Chinese company turns straw into energy in Shandong SHOOTING TIME: May 10, 2024 DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: ENERGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the processing of plant straws 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO SHAOFENG, Director with Biomass Research Institute of Shengquan Group 3. various of the products of plant straws 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG ZENGYUAN, Managing director with Int'l Business Department with Shengquan Group STORYLINE: China is actively pushing for the use of green technologies and biomass energy to help realize its dual carbon goals. In Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, a company has turned various types of plant straws into green bio-based products. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO SHAOFENG, Director with Biomass Research Institute of Shengquan Group "The main components in straw are hemicellulose, lignin, and cellulose. Utilizing these elements can produce a variety of product, such as substitutes for petroleum and coal, green methanol, ce

China's Hainan steps up protection efforts for endangered gibbons

STORY: China's Hainan steps up protection efforts for endangered gibbons DATELINE: Oct. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the daily activities of gibbons 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU ZHAOLI, Vice Captain of the Hainan Gibbon Monitoring Team 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU ZHAOLI, Vice Captain of the Hainan Gibbon Monitoring Team 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZENG SHENGQUAN, Party official of Qingsong Township, Hainan Province 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHOU ZHAOLI, Vice Captain of the Hainan Gibbon Monitoring Team STORYLINE: China's Hainan has adopted various methods to protect one of the world's rarest primates -- Hainan gibbons. The efforts include restoring their habitat by afforestation, conducting regular monitoring, enhancing scientific cooperation, and raising public awareness of conservation. Hainan gibbons can only be found in the rainforests in south China's Hainan Province, and have been listed as critically endangered by the In

Chinese-made green tunnel boring machine to be shipped to Italy in August

STORY: Chinese-made green tunnel boring machine to be shipped to Italy in August DATELINE: July 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tunnel-boring machine 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU SHENGQUAN, Engineer of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A tunnel-boring machine (TBM) with smart and green features is under production in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. The massive machine, weighing 2,300 tonnes and measuring 138 meters in length, is made by China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG). It is expected to be transported to Italy in August. This tunnel boring machine is also equipped with continuous tunneling technology and rapid mold change technology, which greatly improves the tunneling efficiency and energy saving efficiency. The boring machine also uses energy-saving and dust removal technology to minimize the environmental impact of dust and noise emissions. SOUNDBITE (Ch