China Textile Industry

China Textile Industry

ZHANGYE, CHINA - DECEMBER 17, 2024 - A worker checks the operation of a double-twist machine producing nickel electrolytic composite diaphragm at a textile production line in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, Dec 17, 2024.

Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

"Silver belt" empowers China's new Long March-8 rocket

STORY: "Silver belt" empowers China's new Long March-8 rocket DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forging factory of Chinalco Southwest Aluminum 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN CHENGLONG, Director of forging factory of Chinalco Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: China launched a Long March-8 rocket to place 22 satellites in space on Feb. 27, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket. Some parts of the rocket, mainly the ring-shaped forge pieces, were produced by Chinalco Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN CHENGLONG, Director of forging factory of Chinalco Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. "We produce covered stressed-skin diaphragm and various kinds of ring-shaped forge pieces used in manufacturing the Long March-8 rocket. These ring-shaped parts serve as a support and connection for the rocket. X