Giant picnic held on the Champs-Elysees, Paris

STORY: Giant picnic held on the Champs-Elysees, Paris SHOOTING TIME: May 26, 2024 DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:07 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: A giant picnic was held on the Champs-Elysees on Sunday, an event co-organized by the Champs-Elysees Committee and the LG Electronics. A total of 238,000 people registered on the platform, while only 4,000 lucky people were selected by drawing to participate in the event in two services: the first at noon and the second at 2 p.m., with each service having nearly 2,000 participants. Food was provided free of charge to participants via meal baskets made by eight restaurant owners on the avenue and prepared in eight pop-up kitchens set up along the avenue for the occasion. The free picnic aims to promote anti-waste and sustainable development. The tablecloth on which the guests were seated was made from fabric manufactured entirely from recycled fibers. The undistributed baskets and foodstuffs were collec

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY (CN)

(231119) -- SHENZHEN, Nov. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A mother does handwork with her child in Shangwei Village, a child-friendly arts village, in Longhua District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 19, 2023. Shenzhen launched China's first guidelines for building a child-friendly city eight years ago. Since then the city has been rolling out a spate of measures spearheading the construction towards this aim. Statistics shows that by October of 2023, 452 city-level child-friendly bases and over 1,260 children's parks of various categories have been set up to gradually improve children's activity space and educational facilities in Shenzhen. In the meantime, 580 children's deliberation organizations, 761 children's homes at different communities and more than 1, 270 nurseries have emerged to enrich children's life and bring convenience for children's travelling. The word "child-friendly" in Shenzhen has been successfully transferred from a mere concept to the whole city's consensus and collec

Exploring beauty of reading with Canadian expat in China's Zhongshan

STORY: Exploring beauty of reading with Canadian expat in China's Zhongshan DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:05:11 LOCATION: ZHONGSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English): ADRIAN BERZENJI, Canadian expat in Zhongshan STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English): ADRIAN BERZENJI, Canadian expat in Zhongshan "There's a saying in Chinese 'Wisdom in hold, elegance in mold.' It means that a person who reads a lot will always behave with elegance. But reading doesn't just change the temperament of a person, it changes the temperament of a city. Today is April 23, World Reading Day. And today I want to take you to experience some of the libraries and bookstores in Zhongshan, so you can appreciate its culture and atmosphere." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ADRIAN BERZENJI, Canadian expat in Zhongshan "This is Sun Yat-sen Memorial Library. Although it's early in the morning, there are already many people who have come to read and study. According to the staff here, the library contains a collec