China releases white paper on Belt and Road cooperation

STORY: China releases white paper on Belt and Road cooperation DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Beijing 2. various of BRI projects 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI KEXIN, Director-general of the Department of International Economic Affairs of China's Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday released a white paper titled "The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future." The white paper will give the international community a better understanding of the value of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), facilitate high-quality cooperation under it, and ultimately deliver benefits to more countries and peoples. Since its launch, the Belt and Road Initiative has evolved from ideas into actions, from a vision into reality, and from a general framework into concrete projects. It has been welcomed by the international community both as a public good and a cooperat

Int'l Vegetable Standardization Industry Alliance launched in E China

STORY: Int'l Vegetable Standardization Industry Alliance launched in E China DATELINE: June 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: SHOUGUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AHMET SERHAT TURAN, Counselor, Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SANDUIJAV BAYASGALAN, Senior specialist of Administration and Financial Department of Mongolian Commodity Exchange STORYLINE: The launching ceremony of the International Vegetable Standardization Industry Alliance was held on Monday, in Shouguang, a major vegetable production base in east China's Shandong Province. The alliance aims to provide a platform to conduct more cooperation in the fields of high-quality agricultural products, standards and technologies. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AHMET SERHAT TURAN, Counselor, Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye "Türkiye and China are both agricultural countries. We explore wider cooperat

More global cooperation urged at Davos amid world economic slowdown

STORY: More global cooperation urged at Davos amid world economic slowdown DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: DAVOS, Switzerland CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): LI CHAO, Xinhua correspondent 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAADIA ZAHIDI, WEF Managing Director 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BORGE BRENDE, WEF President STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LI CHAO, Xinhua correspondent "Global cooperation should be accelerated as the world economy slows down sharply, said attendees at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting kicking off Monday in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting, themed 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World,' is being held at a time when various challenges threaten world economic recovery, such as the energy crisis, the food crisis, high inflation, interruption of industrial chains, and retreat from globalization, said officials and scholars gathering at the event." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAADIA ZAHIDI, WEF Managing Director "It is important that we rebuild international cooperat

BRICS is dynamic bloc: former Egyptian diplomat

STORY: BRICS is dynamic bloc: former Egyptian diplomat DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MAHMOUD ALLAM, Egypt's former ambassador to China STORYLINE: The 14th BRICS Summit will be hosted by Beijing on June 23. BRICS is the acronym for an emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. A former Egyptian diplomat says that the BRICS is a dynamic bloc, which could offer development solution and model for other developing countries. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MAHMOUD ALLAM, Egypt's former ambassador to China "The BRICS can contribute to the diversity of economic systems, and make a model for maintaining balance, and to give a space for the growing countries to have a loud voice and a tangible role in the good governance of globalization. The experience of the BRICS became well-established over the years since its establishment. There are now institutions and mechanisms for cooperation and outputs of cooperat