Belt and Road Initiative drives high-level opening-up in NW China

STORY: Belt and Road Initiative drives high-level opening-up in NW China DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of street view in Xi'anvarious of the ancient Silk RoadSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ROLF OWONDA, Congolese expat in Xi'anvarious of expatsSOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN ALBERT CARMICHAEL, Chief technology officer of ORCA DATA TECHNOLOGY (Xi'an) Co., LTDSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ISMAIL DAUROV, Kazakh student in Xi'anvarious of a container port in Xi'anSOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROBIN GILBANK, British expat in Xi'an STORYLINE: Northwest China's Xi'an city is where the past meets the present. It was ancient China's capital for more than 1,200 years in 13 dynasties, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, linking China to the West, and now under the Belt and Road Initiative, has a new role to serve in China's opening up. Launched in November 2013, the Chang'an China-Europe freight train service has become a vital transport link between Xi'an and Euro