Livestreaming gives boost to jewelry trade in China's border city

STORY: Livestreaming gives boost to jewelry trade in China's border city DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of jewelry and Yangyanghao jewelry live base 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QI YINGYUE, Jewelry presenter of Yangyanghao jewelry livestreaming center 3. various of Yangyanghao jewelry live base STORYLINE: Livestreaming sales have given a boost to the jewelry trade in Ruili, a border city in China's Yunnan famous for its jade industry. Bordering Myanmar, the world's major jade producer, Ruili thrived as one of China's largest jade trading hubs in the 1990s and has since been widely called the "City of Jade." As night fell, a jewelry livestreaming center was ablaze with lights and filled with the hubbub of peddling and negotiations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QI YINGYUE, Jewelry presenter of Yangyanghao jewelry livestreaming center "I came from Guangdong Province, and now I have bought a house and settled here in Ruili because personally, I h