(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-CPPCC-ANNUAL SESSION-THIRD PLENARY MEETING (CN)

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(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-CPPCC-MEMBERS-INTERVIEW (CN)

(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-CPPCC-MEMBERS-INTERVIEW (CN)

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Northern Chinese city starts heating supply as temperatures plunge

STORY: Northern Chinese city starts heating supply as temperatures plunge DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: GENHE, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Genhe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JI CHENGCHENG, Assistant engineer of Genhe Meteorological Bureau 3. various of vegetables 4. various of people doing exercises 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG LIANG, Tourist 6. various of heating supply STORYLINE: Genhe City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has started heating supply as temperatures fell below zero degree Celsius. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JI CHENGCHENG, Assistant engineer of Genhe Meteorological Bureau "Due to the influence of the high-altitude polar vortex, the lowest temperature in Genhe City (downtown) on September 1 fell to minus 2.6 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature was recorded in Lengji Village of Jinhe Township, which reached minus 7 degrees Celsius, causing light frost damage to some crops." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG XINGYING, G