Green rural revival program rejuvenates villages in China's Zhejiang

STORY: Green rural revival program rejuvenates villages in China's Zhejiang DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of villages 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SHENGLONG, Farmer in Cailu Village 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU YANGCHUN, Party secretary of Cailu Village 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG WANFEN, Party secretary of Jiangxiang Village STORYLINE: A rural revival program in China's Zhejiang has breathed new life into thousands of villages and empowered local communities. Zhejiang launched the Green Rural Revival Program in June 2003, which planned to renovate about 10,000 incorporated villages and transform about 1,000 central villages among them into examples of moderate prosperity in all respects. Cailu Village in Zhejiang used to be a traditional agricultural village. Over the past 20 years, under the Green Rural Revival Program, Cailu has been transformed into a model village of beautiful scenery and shared prosperity, especially