Foreign enterprises show confidence as China moves to unleash market demand

STORY: Foreign enterprises show confidence as China moves to unleash market demand DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BORGE BRENDE, World Economic Forum (WEF) President 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN, Co-founder of Carlyle Group 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZHANG XINGBO, Director and General Manager of Swire Coca Cola Xiamen Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KURT WEE, CEO of Celligenics Pte Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): YANN BOZEC, President of Tapestry Asia Pacific STORYLINE: Foreign experts and enterprises have shown confidence in China's economy as the country is maneuvering its policy toolkit to bolster domestic demand to perk up the economy. Since March, COVID-19 flare-ups hit consumption hard and caused a decline. However, the country's retail sales of consumer goods regained vitality and reversed the declining trend to climb 3.1 percent year on year in June. The recovery came after a raft of policies to spur co

Chinese market "vital engine" driving growth: manager of Swire Coca-Cola

STORY: Chinese market "vital engine" driving growth: manager of Swire Coca-Cola DATELINE: July 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen, China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHANG XINGBO, Director and General Manager, Swire Coca-Cola Xiamen Ltd. STORYLINE: A manager of Swire Coca-Cola in China's Xiamen said the Chinese market is "a vital engine" driving the company's business growth. Swire Coca-Cola is one of the largest Coca-Cola bottling groups in the world. The Xiamen plant is one of 18 branches the company maintains on the Chinese mainland. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHANG XINGBO, Director and General Manager, Swire Coca-Cola Xiamen Ltd. "Swire Coca-Cola Xiamen's roots in Fujian Province go back 27 years. When the company first came here, it had three production lines. But now we have seven fully-modern production lines in both Xiamen and Fuzhou. And our sales volume and revenue grow more than 10 times against the initial period." The non-alcoholic

(BEIJING2022) CHINA-HEBEI-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

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(220203) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Wei Xingbo runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at Nihewan National Archaeological Park in Yangyuan County of Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Fan Shihui)