China swings into action to tackle cold wave

STORY: China swings into action to tackle cold wave SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13-15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Beijing/CHANGCHUN/ZHENGZHOU CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese cities under heavy snow, shot from Dec. 13-15 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI YANTAO, Production manager, Rongcheng highway maintenance company, Hunchun City, Jilin Province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG ZIQIANG, Worker, State Grid Jilin Electric Power Supply Company, Jilin Province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI YANHAI, Lishu County horticultural management station, Jilin Province 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): NING YABING, Marketing manager, Wanbang agricultural products logistics hub, Henan Province STORYLINE: China has taken action to cope with a cold wave to ensure the normal life of residents. Multiple parts of the country have seen heavy rain and snow, which have had a relatively large impact on power supply, transport, production and people's livelihoods. Strengthened efforts have been made to i

China's first desert highway across Taklimakan achieves zero carbon emissions

STORY: China's first desert highway across Taklimakan achieves zero carbon emissions DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the highway 2. various of infrastructure along the highway 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN YABING, Tarim Oilfield 4. various of the Taklimakan STORYLINE: The first highway across the Taklimakan, China's largest desert, has now achieved zero-carbon emissions. The highway runs 522 km in Xinjiang, connecting Lunnan in the north, with Minfeng county in the south. It was inaugurated in 1995. On Thursday, a "zero-carbon" project was launched on the highway, with solar panels employed to generate electricity to pump water for irrigating trees. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN YABING, Tarim Oilfield For the carbon sink tree belts along both sides of the highway, we have used photovoltaic power to replace diesel power. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN YABING, Tarim Oilfield "In this way, we can reduce the consumption of diesel fuel by