CHINA-JIANGSU-YANGZHOU-HANGJI-TOOTHBRUSH-PRODUCTION (CN)

CHINA-JIANGSU-YANGZHOU-HANGJI-TOOTHBRUSH-PRODUCTION (CN)

(240622) -- YANGZHOU, June 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 21, 2024 shows bristles of toothbrushes at an exhibition hall of Yangzhou Sanfeng BRUSH Co., Ltd. in Hangji Township of Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Hangji Township, covering about 40 square kilometers, is located in the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province. As an important production base for toothbrushes, the small town boasts over 2,000 toothbrush manufacturing and supporting enterprises and produces around 7.5 billion toothbrushes each year. They are exported to more than 80 countries and regions, meaning that one in three toothbrushes produced in the world comes from Hangji. In recent years, local government of Hangji has been encouraging enterprises to drive intelligent and digital transformation through technological innovation, relying on leading enterprises, e-commerce industrial parks, the toothbrush museum, and other resources to advance brand building and boost the developmen

CHINA-JIANGSU-YANGZHOU-HANGJI-TOOTHBRUSH-PRODUCTION (CN)

CHINA-JIANGSU-YANGZHOU-HANGJI-TOOTHBRUSH-PRODUCTION (CN)

(240622) -- YANGZHOU, June 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone taken on June 20, 2024 shows the external view of an intelligent factory of Jiangsu Sanxiao Group Co., Ltd in Hangji Township of Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Hangji Township, covering about 40 square kilometers, is located in the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province. As an important production base for toothbrushes, the small town boasts over 2,000 toothbrush manufacturing and supporting enterprises and produces around 7.5 billion toothbrushes each year. They are exported to more than 80 countries and regions, meaning that one in three toothbrushes produced in the world comes from Hangji. In recent years, local government of Hangji has been encouraging enterprises to drive intelligent and digital transformation through technological innovation, relying on leading enterprises, e-commerce industrial parks, the toothbrush museum, and other resources to advance brand building and boost the developmen

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Panels on N. Korea's nuclear and missile developmen

Panels on N. Korea's nuclear and missile developmen

Photo taken on April 13, 2018, in Pyongyang, shows panels in Pyongyang Teacher Training College about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo