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Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China

STORY: Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: WUYUAN/LIUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO WENJUAN, Owner of an oil-paper umbrella shop in Wuyuan 3. various of Liuzhou City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YUWEN, Deputy director of intangible cultural heritage research department, Liuzhou Mass Art Museum STORYLINE: As China endeavors to revitalize its rural areas, many forgotten cultural traditions, particularly in small counties and villages, are being revived, leading to a trend known as "county travel." Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province Known to many as "China's most beautiful countryside," Wuyuan saw a record 26.2 million visitors from across the nation last year. The making of the Jialu oil-paper umbrella is a national-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history of over 800 ye

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-ANCIENT CHINESE EMPEROR-GENETIC PROFILE-COMPLETION (CN)

(240330) -- XI'AN, March 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This picture published on March 28, 2024 shows the restored image of Yuwen Yong, Emperor Wu of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581). A team of Chinese scientists have completed the genetic profile of an ancient Chinese ethnic minority emperor via genome analysis, according to local archaeologists on Thursday. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Scientists restore profile of ancient Chinese emperor through genetic analysis" (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY-INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (CN)

(230803) -- NANJING, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Tao Yuwen talks about the detail of an operation with foreign medical workers of a medical seminar at the digestive endoscopy center of Jiangsu Province Hospital in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 1, 2023. In recent years, Jiangsu Province Hospital cooperated with medical institutions in Pakistan, Egypt and other countries and regions in the field of digestive endoscopy to promote medical cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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N. Korean leader Kim visits Jilin school

JILIN, China - This photo taken Aug. 26, 2010 shows Yuwen middle school in Jilin Province, which North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly visited during his trip to China. Kim Jong Il's father Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, studied there in the late 1920s.

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China's C919 jet obtains milestone airworthiness permit

STORY: China's C919 jet obtains milestone airworthiness permit DATELINE: Oct. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:32 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the C919 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAI JUN, Pilot in command of C919 first flight crew 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN ZIKUN, Leader of C919 AC101 aircraft management team 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAO ZHIQIANG, Test pilot of Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center (SAACC) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JIE YUWEN, Deputy Director of SAACC 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WU XIN, Deputy Director, Test Flight and Operation Department, COMAC Flight Test Center 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): CHENG BUSHI, Member of C919 program expert committee 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): ZHAO PENG, Deputy Director of AVIC Flight Test Center STORYLINE: The C919, China's first homegrown large jetliner, has obtained the type certificate. It indicates that the C919's design meets airworthiness standards and environmental requirements, a milestone on its journey t

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N. Korean leader Kim visits Jilin school

JILIN, China - This photo taken Aug. 26, 2010 shows Yuwen middle school in Jilin Province, which North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly visited during his trip to China. Kim Jong Il's father Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea, studied there in the late 1920s. (Kyodo)