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Survey of Italian, Chinese businesses underlines focus on green projects

STORY: Survey of Italian, Chinese businesses underlines focus on green projects SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: MILAN, ITALY CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the news conference STORYLINE: An annual survey of Italian and Chinese businesses operating in the other's country points to an increasing focus on environmentally-friendly projects. The fourth edition of the Italian and Chinese Business Survey, published on Tuesday by the Italy China Council Foundation, said that in addition to an increase in "eco-conscious projects," Italian companies in China and Chinese companies in Italy were increasingly focused on smaller-scale projects. They also had an increasing awareness of the debt-related impacts of their projects, and the expanding role of private enterprise was underlined. Around half of companies in both countries were classified as "micro" or "small," and an overwhelming majority of companies doing business in the other country -- 79 percent for

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70% surveyed companies from EU to increase investments in China: survey

STORY: 70% surveyed companies from EU to increase investments in China: survey DATELINE: July 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPH SCHREMPP, Chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Tianjin Chapter STORYLINE: The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Tianjin Chapter held a conference in Tianjin on July 19 to interpret the results of the European Business in China Business Confidence Survey 2023. According to the survey, if China increases market access for foreign companies, the untapped investment is not inconsiderable. 70% surveyed companies from the European Union in China aim to increase investments by 5% of their annual revenue. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPH SCHREMPP, Chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Tianjin Chapter "There are some industries where the Asian region, especially China, will become in the future one of the biggest markets. There a

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CANADA-TORONTO-2023 COLLISION CONFERENCE

(230627) -- TORONTO, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man takes part in a fully automonous vehicle's survey during the 2023 Collision Conference in Toronto, Canada, on June 27, 2023. The 2023 Collision Conference, an annual tech conference in North America, is held here from June 26 to June 29 this year. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SURABAYA-MOTORIST-EID AL FITR-TRAVELERS

(230420) -- SURABAYA, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People ride their motorbikes during homecoming travel ahead of Eid al-Fitr on Suramadu bridge in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023. Eid al-Fitr in the Southeast Asian country is expected to possibly fall on April 21. It is customary for Muslims to celebrate the annual religious holiday with their families. A recent survey by the country's transportation ministry showed that approximately 120 million people would travel back during the Eid exodus period this year, a 45 percent increase from last year's number. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SURABAYA-MOTORIST-EID AL FITR-TRAVELERS

(230420) -- SURABAYA, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People ride their motorbikes during homecoming travel ahead of Eid al-Fitr on Suramadu bridge in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023. Eid al-Fitr in the Southeast Asian country is expected to possibly fall on April 21. It is customary for Muslims to celebrate the annual religious holiday with their families. A recent survey by the country's transportation ministry showed that approximately 120 million people would travel back during the Eid exodus period this year, a 45 percent increase from last year's number. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

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Half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan do not want children: survey

STORY: Half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan do not want children: survey DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views of Tokyo 2. various of children STORYLINE: According to a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm, nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan said they do not want children, citing reasons including economic concerns and the burden of childbirth and parenting. Of the 400 respondents between 18 to 29 years old, 49.4 percent said they are not interested in having children. It's the highest percentage in any of the last three annual pregnancy white paper surveys conducted by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. By gender, 53.0 percent of men and 45.6 percent of women have no interest in becoming parents, according to the online survey conducted in January. The government's data showed the number of babies born in Japan in 2022 slipped to a record low of under 800,000 for the first time since records began to be

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Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry optimistic despite operational challenges

STORY: Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry optimistic despite operational challenges DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of delegates at the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KURAI MATSHEZA, President, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) 3. various of delegates at the event 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KURAI MATSHEZA, President, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) 5. various of delegates at the event 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN MANGUDYA, Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 7.more of delegates 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SEKAI NZENZA, Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry and Commerce 9. various of delegates at the event STORYLINE: Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector remains optimistic despite operational challenges, a recent 2022 manufacturing sector survey has indicated. Conducted by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the country's largest manufacturing lobby group, and presented on Thursday, the annual survey provided a detailed insi

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of pied avocets are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of black-faced spoonbills are observed at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 13, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of spotted redshanks are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A garganey is observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of black-winged stilts are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wintering water birds are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Common greenshanks fly over the water in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Egrets forage in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of egrets are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Common greenshanks forage in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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Japan fleet leaves for whale stock survey in Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru, a ship of Japan's Fisheries Agency, departs from the western Japanese port of Shimonoseki on Jan. 8, 2015, for the Antarctic Ocean to conduct a survey of whale stocks in place of an annual whaling mission that the International Court of Justice ordered the country to stop in 2014.

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Japan fleet leaves for whale stock survey in Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru, a ship of Japan's Fisheries Agency, departs from the western Japanese port of Shimonoseki on Jan. 8, 2015, while it is seen off by relatives of crew members. The ship, leaving for the Antarctic Ocean, is to conduct a survey of whale stocks in place of an annual whaling mission that the International Court of Justice ordered the country to stop in 2014.

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Pet dogs on the slide in Japan

AOMORI, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - A woman walks with her dogs through a snow covered street in Aomori, Japan, in December 2014. The aging population and the higher cost of keeping dogs has likely contributed to the sliding number of pet canines in Japan, with cats overtaking them in 2017 for the first time since an annual survey began in 1994, according to industry experts.

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China's short grain rice

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Chinese rice sold at a supermarket in Tokyo in April 2012. China's production of short grain japonica rice, a staple food for Japanese, grew just over 40 percent in a decade to nearly 65 million tons in 2011, a level more than six times greater than Japan's annual production, according to a recent survey by a Japanese think tank.

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Children's books selling briskly in U.S.: report

NEW YORK, United States - Children's books have been selling briskly over the past year in the United States, thanks to the blockbuster ''Harry Potter'' series and other bestsellers such as ''Pokemon'' and ''Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace,'' according to a new study. Sales of children's books jumped by more than 15% last year, to $1.72 billion, according to ''Book Industry Trends 2000,'' an annual survey commissioned by the Book Industry Study Group Inc.

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CHILE-SANTIAGO-LATAM-ECONOMY

(220824) -- SANTIAGO, Aug. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows the release of the annual Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Latin America and the Caribbean region is likely to see average economic expansion of 2.7 percent in 2022, reverting to pre-pandemic sluggish growth amid strong external and domestic macroeconomic restrictions, the Santiago-based ECLAC said on Tuesday. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua)

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Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14

STORY: Death toll in building collapse in India's Mumbai rises to 14 DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:43 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operations STORYLINE: Death toll in a four-storey building collapse in India's Mumbai rose to 14 while rescue operations were underway on Tuesday evening. The dilapidated building that collapsed on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, saw several persons being trapped under the debris. Of the total number of 27 injured persons, 14 were reported dead while nine persons were discharged after treatment, and the remaining four are undergoing treatment at the civic hospital, said the city civic body, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on its social microblogging site. Ahead of the monsoon season that starts from June to September, the BMC had identified 337 dilapidated buildings across Mumbai, down from 465 buildings last year. The annual survey of dilapidated buildings is being conducted before th

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Survey on endangered Amami thrushes

File photo taken Aug. 28, 2017, shows an Amami thrush, an endangered bird endemic to Amami-Oshima Island in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, protected by the central Japanese government. An annual survey conducted by a local bird club on March 21, 2021, confirmed about 100 Amami thrushes, almost unchanged from the previous year.

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Survey on endangered Amami thrushes

Photo taken on March 21, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows people recording twitter of an Amami thrush, an endangered bird endemic to the Kagoshima Prefecture island, protected by the central Japanese government. The annual survey, conducted by a local bird club, confirmed about 100 Amami thrushes, almost unchanged from the previous year.

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Pet dogs on the slide in Japan

A woman walks with her dogs through a snow covered street in Aomori, Japan, in December 2014. The aging population and the higher cost of keeping dogs has likely contributed to the sliding number of pet canines in Japan, with cats overtaking them in 2017 for the first time since an annual survey began in 1994, according to industry experts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan fleet leaves for whale stock survey in Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru, a ship of Japan's Fisheries Agency, departs from the western Japanese port of Shimonoseki on Jan. 8, 2015, for the Antarctic Ocean to conduct a survey of whale stocks in place of an annual whaling mission that the International Court of Justice ordered the country to stop in 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan fleet leaves for whale stock survey in Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru, a ship of Japan's Fisheries Agency, departs from the western Japanese port of Shimonoseki on Jan. 8, 2015, while it is seen off by relatives of crew members. The ship, leaving for the Antarctic Ocean, is to conduct a survey of whale stocks in place of an annual whaling mission that the International Court of Justice ordered the country to stop in 2014. (Kyodo)

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OECD urges Japan to promote labor reforms, calls wage growth "muted"

Angel Gurria (L), director general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 13, 2017. The OECD released the same day its annual economic survey report on Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OECD urges Japan to promote labor reforms, calls wage growth "muted"

Angel Gurria, director general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 13, 2017. The OECD released the same day its annual economic survey report on Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OECD urges Japan to promote labor reforms, calls wage growth "muted"

Angel Gurria, director general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 13, 2017. The OECD released the same day its annual economic survey report on Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children's books selling briskly in U.S.: report

NEW YORK, United States - Children's books have been selling briskly over the past year in the United States, thanks to the blockbuster ''Harry Potter'' series and other bestsellers such as ''Pokemon'' and ''Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace,'' according to a new study. Sales of children's books jumped by more than 15% last year, to $1.72 billion, according to ''Book Industry Trends 2000,'' an annual survey commissioned by the Book Industry Study Group Inc.