CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-JUNCAO (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-JUNCAO (CN)

(240330) -- FUZHOU, March 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Aimable (L) from Rwanda talks with Luo Xiaofen, a staff member of the national engineering research center of Juncao technology, at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024. Juncao, which in Chinese literally means "mushroom" and "grass", can be used, as its name suggests, to grow edible and medicinal mushrooms, as livestock feed or as a green barrier to control soil erosion and stop desertification. Having taken root in over 100 countries and regions around the globe, Juncao has been hailed by the locals as the "Chinese grass" or "grass of happiness." (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-NIGHT SCHOOLS (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-NIGHT SCHOOLS (CN)

(240115) -- WUHAN, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Instructor Chen Xiaofen teaches yoga during a night school class in Hongshan District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 28, 2023. Night classes were very popular in China in the 1980s, when many young people sought to learn new skills to make a living. Today, these classes are gaining popularity again among China's younger generations, meeting their needs for an enriched lifestyle. In late November, a night school for young people was launched by the Wuhan municipal committee of the Communist Youth League of China and soon won youngsters' hearts, with all nine courses set in the first phase fully applied for. Now the night school classes are available all around Wuhan, serving more than 3,000 attendees with a variety of courses, such as calligraphy, Chinese painting, yoga, baking, latte art, jazz dance, ukulele and the like. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

(ChineseToday) CHINA-RURAL REVITALIZATION-YOUTH (CN)

(ChineseToday) CHINA-RURAL REVITALIZATION-YOUTH (CN)

(231222) -- BEIJING, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shen Xiaofen operates a farming machine at an agricultural machinery professional cooperative in Shihu Village of Shitan Township, Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 13, 2023. Shen Xiaofen returned to her hometown after graduating from college in 2018, while her sister Shen Yanfen quit her job in Shenzhen and came back to work in agricultural machinery business in 2020. The sisters are now in charge of the agricultural machinery professional cooperative which was set up by their father. In the past three years, the cooperative has provided services of rice production, cultivation, management and harvest, revitalized and utilized 3,000 mu (200 hectares) of idle fields, and helped the villagers in four surrounding villages to increase their income by more than 1.2 million yuan (about 168,133 U.S. dollars) per year. As China moved to advance rural revitalization, more and more young people have returned from cities to the countryside which now b

Chinese toymakers seek expansion in Japan as Tokyo Toy Show opens

STORY: Chinese toymakers seek expansion in Japan as Tokyo Toy Show opens DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tokyo Toy Show 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG YAN, Sales manager, Robotime Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG XIAOFEN, Business manager, LCD Models STORYLINE: The 2023 International Tokyo Toy Show, one of the largest toy trade fairs in the world, opened Thursday in the Japanese capital city of Tokyo. Many Chinese toymakers showcase their best-selling products at the four-day event, looking to find more growth opportunities in the huge toy market in Japan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DONG YAN, Sales manager, Robotime Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. "We entered the Japanese market in 2018, and saw a rapid growth from 2018 to 2019. Although Japan's toy market is highly competitive, we still remain confident because we have a strong research and development team. We believe in our capacity in design and production."