Rural revitalization in China's Yunnan driven by bamboo industry

STORY: Rural revitalization in China's Yunnan driven by bamboo industry SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of bamboo forests 2. various of a bamboo product company 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): OU XIANQIN, Bamboo product company manager STORYLINE: Villages in Zhaotong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province become more prosperous by developing the bamboo industry. The weather and climate in the areas are suitable for growing bamboo. Local people have taken advantage of its bamboo forests to produce furniture, homeware, decorations, and snacks to drive the local economy. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): OU XIANQIN, Bamboo product company manager "Our cooperative has 109 full-time workers and 359 part-time workers to produce furniture and handicrafts." Zhaotong has nearly 420,000 hectares of bamboo industry bases, with 176,000 hectares of land growing bamboo shoots. The local bamboo industry benefits 530,000 rural households