Hong Kong's value of total export up 11.9 pct in April

STORY: Hong Kong's value of total export up 11.9 pct in April SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ports in Hong Kong STORYLINE: The Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Monday that in April 2024, the values of Hong Kong's total exports and imports of goods both recorded year-on-year increases, at 11.9 percent and 3.7 percent respectively. In April, the value of total exports of goods was 378.7 billion HK dollars (about 48.5 billion U.S. dollars), and the value of imports of goods was 388.9 billion HK dollars. A visible trade deficit of 10.2 billion HK dollars, equivalent to 2.6 percent of the value of imports of goods, was recorded. A spokesman for the HKSAR government said that the value of merchandise exports grew notably in April 2024 over a year earlier. Looking ahead, Hong Kong's export performance should improve further if externa

China's computing industry scale hit 2.6 tln yuan in 2022

STORY: China's computing industry scale hit 2.6 tln yuan in 2022 DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology STORYLINE: The scale of China's computing industry hit 2.6 trillion yuan (about 362.2 billion dollars) in 2022, according to the 2023 World Computing Conference, which is held in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province from Sept. 14-16. Over the last six years, China has shipped over 20.91 million general servers and 820,000 artificial intelligence (AI) servers, according to a white paper released at the conference by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology "Now we are facing the second quantum revolution. On the foundatio

Dainippon Sumitomo to buy U.S. drugmaker Sepracor for $2.6 bil.

Dainippon Sumitomo to buy U.S. drugmaker Sepracor for $2.6 bil.

TOKYO, Japan - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. President Masayo Tada speaks about the company's plan to buy U.S. pharmaceutical maker Sepracor Inc. for about $2.6 billion (around 240 billion yen) at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3. Sepracor will become a wholly owned unit of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese drugmaker.

China's Tibet witnesses robust growth in tourist arrivals

STORY: China's Tibet witnesses robust growth in tourist arrivals DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TOURISM SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): Tourists 3. STANDUP 2 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent 4. STANDUP 3 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent "Now I am at Potala Palace Square of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China." SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): Tourists "Tashi Delek." STANDUP 2 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent "As you can see, tourists are swarming across this most famous attraction in Lhasa. The magnificent scenery and traditional culture have made Tibet one of the must-visit destinations in China." STANDUP 3 (English): SUN FEI, Xinhua correspondent "From January 1 to June 30, 2022, Tibet has drawn more than 17 million tourists from home and abroad, generating tourism revenue of more than 17 billion yuan (about 2.6 bln US

Dainippon Sumitomo to buy U.S. drugmaker Sepracor for $2.6 bil.

Dainippon Sumitomo to buy U.S. drugmaker Sepracor for $2.6 bil.

TOKYO, Japan - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. President Masayo Tada speaks about the company's plan to buy U.S. pharmaceutical maker Sepracor Inc. for about $2.6 billion (around 240 billion yen) at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3. Sepracor will become a wholly owned unit of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese drugmaker. (Kyodo)