GLOBALink | New quality productive forces enable greener economy: British expert

STORY: New quality productive forces enable greener economy: British expert SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024/File DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of footage about new quality productive forces 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KEITH BENNETT, London-based international relations consultant STORYLINE: Marked by innovation, new quality productive forces is an emerging catchphrase in China's policymaking, which are advanced productivity in essence. A British expert said the concept can enable a greener economy and improve people's quality of life. SOUNDBITE (English): KEITH BENNETT, London-based international relations consultant "China is actually leading the world in this. No country has put forward this theory of 'new (quality) productive forces' in such a clear, scientific way as China is now doing. Traditional heavy industry tends to be highly pollutant. It's actually by focusing on the 'new (quality) productive forces' that will enable a greener econo

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

(231101) -- HAMBURG, Nov. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 27, 2023 shows people dining at Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, Germany. Yuyuan Garden, a cultural beacon of Shanghai, is the largest, oldest and best-preserved traditional Chinese-style garden in this metropolis of east China. Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, a mimic of that in Shanghai, also features typical Chinese style pavilions and zigzag bridges above the ponds, and has been serving as a window to display traditional Chinese culture since it opened to the public in 2008. Yuyuan Garden is obviously not the only thing that the two cities have in common. Shanghai and Hamburg are the biggest harbor city in their own countries, respectively. Currently there are 15 shipping routes linking the Port of Hamburg and major ports in China. About one-third of freighters at the Port of Hamburg are bound for China or originate there. The "Shanghai Express," the first cross-border railway service between Shanghai and Europe, has also been facilitating econo

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

(231101) -- HAMBURG, Nov. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2023 shows people dining at Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, Germany. Yuyuan Garden, a cultural beacon of Shanghai, is the largest, oldest and best-preserved traditional Chinese-style garden in this metropolis of east China. Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, a mimic of that in Shanghai, also features typical Chinese style pavilions and zigzag bridges above the ponds, and has been serving as a window to display traditional Chinese culture since it opened to the public in 2008. Yuyuan Garden is obviously not the only thing that the two cities have in common. Shanghai and Hamburg are the biggest harbor city in their own countries, respectively. Currently there are 15 shipping routes linking the Port of Hamburg and major ports in China. About one-third of freighters at the Port of Hamburg are bound for China or originate there. The "Shanghai Express," the first cross-border railway service between Shanghai and Europe, has also been facilitating econo

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-GERMANY-HAMBURG-YUYUAN GARDEN-HARBOR CITIES (CN)

(231101) -- HAMBURG, Nov. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 29, 2023 shows a man reading at Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, Germany. Yuyuan Garden, a cultural beacon of Shanghai, is the largest, oldest and best-preserved traditional Chinese-style garden in this metropolis of east China. Yuyuan Garden in Hamburg, a mimic of that in Shanghai, also features typical Chinese style pavilions and zigzag bridges above the ponds, and has been serving as a window to display traditional Chinese culture since it opened to the public in 2008. Yuyuan Garden is obviously not the only thing that the two cities have in common. Shanghai and Hamburg are the biggest harbor city in their own countries, respectively. Currently there are 15 shipping routes linking the Port of Hamburg and major ports in China. About one-third of freighters at the Port of Hamburg are bound for China or originate there. The "Shanghai Express," the first cross-border railway service between Shanghai and Europe, has also been facilitating econo

China-Mongolia border port sees goods volume up 172 pct

STORY: China-Mongolia border port sees goods volume up 172 pct DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ganqmod Port STORYLINE: The volume of goods handled by Ganqmod Port, the largest highway port on the China-Mongolia border, hit nearly 20 million tonnes in the first seven months of this year, up 172.61 percent year on year. Notably, the port handled more than 19 million tonnes of imported coal during the period, a surge of 188.55 percent year on year, said the port administration on Tuesday. Last year alone, the port completed the customs clearance of over 19 million tonnes of goods, more than twice that of 2021. Since the beginning of this year, it has adopted intelligent and streamlined customs clearance measures in a bid to further improve its efficiency. Situated in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ganqmod Port is a major energy import channel for the country and an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russia econo

GLOBALink | IMF to downgrade forecast for over 140 economies amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

STORY: IMF to downgrade forecast for over 140 economies amid Russia-Ukraine conflict DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: WASHINGTON CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. exterior view of IMF building 2. various of Russia-Ukraine conflict 3. pic of Kristalina Georgieva 4. various of economic related shots STORYLINE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief said Thursday that the organization will revise down its global growth forecast amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the impact of which will contribute to downgrades for 143 economies this year. The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva noted that the economic consequences from the Russia-Ukraine conflict spread "fast and far," "hitting hardest the world's most vulnerable people." She said, the conflict has pushed up energy and food prices and exacerbated inflation, hurting hundreds of millions of families who were already struggling with lower incomes and higher prices, and threatening to further increase inequality. In an update to its World Econo