China-Arab cooperation gaining momentum under BRI

STORY: China-Arab cooperation gaining momentum under BRI DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:006:57 LOCATION: Riyadh CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Arab cooperation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOSTAFA MADBOULY, Egyptian Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WALEED RAMADAN, Egyptian engineer working with CSCEC in the construction of the iconic tower 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MOHAMMED HAMDY SALAMA, Mechanical engineer with CSCEC Egypt 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHANG WEICAI, General Manager of CSCEC Egypt 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LI CHANGLIN, Engineer with PowerChina 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): AWDH DAWI, Government relationship official of King Salman International Complex Project 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): ABOUBAKER OMAR HADI, President of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): ABOUBAKER OMAR HADI, President of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): HU BIN, Chinese Ambassador to Djibouti 11. various of China-Arab cooperation STORYLIN

China-aided CBD project in Egypt's new capital city boosts local development

STORY: China-aided CBD project in Egypt's new capital city boosts local development DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of skyscrapers of the Central Business District (CBD) project of Egypt's new administrative capital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHANG WEICAI, General manager of CSCEC Egypt 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WALEED RAMADAN, Engineer of Iconic Tower 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHANG WEICAI, General Manager of CSCEC Egypt STORYLINE: Dozens of skyscrapers of the Central Business District (CBD) project in Egypt's new administrative capital are rising in the North African desert some 50 kilometers east of Cairo. Conducted by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), the CBD project features 20 commercial and residential towers and municipal facilities and covers an area of about 505,000 square meters. STANDUP (English): YAO BING, Xinhua correspondent "Here is the construction site of the CBD project in Egypt's new adminis

Chinese company starts main structure construction of 5 skyscrapers in Egypt's New Alamein

STORY: Chinese company starts main structure construction of 5 skyscrapers in Egypt's New Alamein DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: NEW ALAMEIN, Egypt CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIUCHUAN, Project manager of Alamein Downtown Towers Project 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMAR HASSAN, Quality control engineer of project 4. various of the construction site STORYLINE: China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) on Sunday started the construction of the main structures of five residential skyscrapers in New Alamein City on Egypt's Mediterranean northern coast. The Alamein Downtown Towers Project is another significant new city development cooperative project between China and Egypt after the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital of Egypt. "The Iconic Tower project is one of the most important of all the Alamein projects," said Chang Weicai, general manager of CSCEC Egypt, in a

Egypt completes structural work of CBD towers in new capital

STORY: Egypt completes structural work of CBD towers in new capital DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the topping-out ceremony of D04 2. general manager of CSCEC Egypt Chang Weicai speaking 3. various of the topping-out ceremony 4. participants posed for pictures 5. various of D04 building STORYLINE: After the last beam was accurately docked atop of a 159-meter skyscraper, the structural work of all the 20 towers in a high-rise complex was finished in the central business district (CBD) of Egypt's new administrative captial. "The construction of the towers, including the 385-meter-high Iconic Tower, the tallest building in Africa, was implemented in cooperation with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC)," the Egyptian Ministry of Housing said in a statement on Thursday. "Finishing work of the towers' facades and interior design is underway," it added. Building the skyscraper complex along with Chin

Xi stresses role of "Chinese seeds" in ensuring food security

STORY: Xi stresses role of "Chinese seeds" in ensuring food security DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of plant in Sanya 2. Xi Jinping inspecting a seed laboratory in Sanya 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO XUESONG, Researcher, Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG WEICAI, Director, Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN FAN, Executive director, Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory STORYLINE: Sanya Hainan, China April 10, 2022 Xi Jinping inspected a seed laboratory in Sanya Xi Jinping stressed the crucial role of "Chinese seeds" in ensuring the country's food security Xi said China's food security can only be safeguarded when seed resources are firmly held in our own hands SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO XUESONG, Researcher, Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory "General Secretary Xi Jinping came here and waved to researchers. I gave him a briefing and showed him an experiment. The general secretary also asked some questions