China's 2nd homegrown large cruise ship enters shipyard for final assembly

STORY: China's 2nd homegrown large cruise ship enters shipyard for final assembly SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the keel-laying ceremony of China's 2nd homegrown large cruise ship 2. various of China's 2nd homegrown large cruise ship under construction STORYLINE: China's second domestically-built large cruise ship entered a shipyard in Shanghai on Saturday for final assembly. This signifies that China has developed the capability to engage in bulk production of cruise ships, said Chen Jianwei, director of the cruise ship project of the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited. He added that the cruise ship is expected to leave the dock by March 2026, and be delivered to the customer by the end of 2026. In comparison to the country's first domestically-built large cruise ship, Adora Magic City, the new ship boasts a larger size, w

(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-PRESS CONFERENCE-PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD (CN)

(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-PRESS CONFERENCE-PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD (CN)

(240309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong (2nd L) speaks at a press conference on people's livelihood for the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2024. China's Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Wang Xiaoping, and Chief of the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration Wang Hesheng also attended the press conference on Saturday. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)