Installed capacity of clean energy tops 150,000 kilowatts in Xiong'an

STORY: Installed capacity of clean energy tops 150,000 kilowatts in Xiong'an SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiong'an New Area 2. various of State Grid facility in Xiong'an New Area STORYLINE: Xiong'an New Area, located in north China's Hebei Province, has recorded a total installed capacity of clean energy topping 159,500 kilowatts to date, said State Grid Hebei Electric Power Co., Ltd. In the first two months of this year alone, Xiong'an New Area added 12,900 kilowatts of clean energy installed capacity, soaring more than 257 percent from the same period of last year. Currently, the company is working on key technology research and new platform applications; accelerating its construction of the distributed photovoltaic development and planning analysis platform; and introducing advanced energy storage technologies and intelligent power grid technologies, to ensure the steady and efficien

First working day after Beijing eases COVID-19 control measures

STORY: First working day after Beijing eases COVID-19 control measures DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street views in Beijing STORYLINE: On the first working day after Beijing partially eased epidemic curbs, the capital city is gradually returning to hustle and bustle. Data from the Beijing municipal health commission show that the city saw just one community case of COVID-19 from last Friday to 3 p.m. Monday, and the number of single-day new infections is on a downward trend. In response, Beijing loosened epidemic response restrictions on Sunday in non-quarantined areas, with multiple measures rolled out to facilitate work resumption and normal social order. In Chaoyang District, public transport services have resumed and some people who were working from home for the past weeks now can go back to their offices. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger "The reopening of the subway stations makes life more convenient for us. At least, the efficien

Shooting incident in U.S. shows lack of arms control: analysts

STORY: Shooting incident in U.S. shows lack of arms control: analysts DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in Venezuela 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) : STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya STORYLINE: A shooting incident that killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, has sparked a public outcry in the U.S. Some analysts say that this incident also shows a lack of arms control in the U.S., and the resulting "indiscriminate" sale of weapons is an obstacle to preventing future mass shootings. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in Venezuela "I would say that the particular nature (of shootings) in the U.S. has to do with certain situational factors, and this is the idea that it is so easy to access firearms and munitions, as well as the fact there are no efficien