Chinese agricultural technology helps with oilseed harvesting in Pakistan

STORY: Chinese agricultural technology helps with oilseed harvesting in Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of agriculture in Pakistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU XUSHENG, Director, International Business Department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Company STORYLINE: Pakistan is an agriculture-centric economy, which depends on imports for approximately 89 percent of its edible oil needs. Due to the high cost of imported edible oil and scarcity of quality oil seeds in the local market, many villagers had to resort to cheaper but unhealthful alternatives such as mustard oil. In line with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor cooperation in agriculture, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Co., Ltd. and Pakistan's Evyol Group signed a memorandum of understanding in 2022 to help Pakistan produce and harvest ample amounts of canola oilseeds. In Pakistan's eastern Bhakkar district, farmers are increasi

Xinhua Headlines: China swings into actions to tackle record cold wave

Xinhua Headlines: China swings into actions to tackle record cold wave

(231216) -- BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of a power supply company under the State Grid Corporation of China carry out emergency repair work on the power supply equipment amid snow in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 15, 2023. (Photo by Gao Xusheng/Xinhua)

XR technology aids smart manufacturing in China's Guangdong

STORY: XR technology aids smart manufacturing in China's Guangdong DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Extended Reality (XR) products 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHEN XUSHENG, Executive Vice President of Shenzhen AVIT Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: The Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province recently unveiled the list of 2022 provincial manufacturing champions. Among the awarded enterprises, several companies are using Extended Reality (XR) technology to improve industrial production processes. In a scenario where a vehicle breaks down in the wilderness and a mechanic is unable to arrive on-site promptly, remote assistance can be provided to the driver using VR equipment to transmit images for troubleshooting guidance. In addition to remote assistance, VR display technology has been used to replicate electrical control room environments for real-time inspections of power lines. SOUNDBITE (English): CHEN XUSHE

Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation

STORY: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: GUJRANWALA, Pakistan CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): MISBAH SABA MALIK, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the farmland 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GHAZANFAR ALI, Head of marketing, Evyol group 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHOU XUSHENG, Director of the int'l business department, Wuhan Qingfa-Hesheng Seed Co., Ltd. 5. various of the farmland STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): MISBAH SABA MALIK, Xinhua reporter "The bloom in canola flowers is the harbinger of established oil seed industry in Pakistan through Pak-China agriculture cooperation." Chinese seed company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers to help the country meet its edible oil demand. Pakistan's annual consumption of cooking oil is around 5 million tonnes, but due to the low economic potential of oilseeds in the local m

PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Xusheng (L), director of the international business department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed company, works with a seed expert from Pakistani company Evyol group in canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Feb. 20, 2023. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

PAKISTAN-GUJRANWALA-CANOLA FIELD

(230224) -- GUJRANWALA, Feb. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Xusheng (L), director of the international business department of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed company, works with a seed expert from Pakistani company Evyol group in canola field on the outskirts of Gujranwala district in Pakistan's Punjab province on Feb. 20, 2023. To help the country meet its edible oil demand and support its foreign exchange reserves, Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng and a Pakistani company Evyol group jointly provide high-quality hybrid seeds to Pakistani farmers. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pakistan's oilseed industry to bloom under China-Pakistan agriculture cooperation" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)