Chinese market brings great opportunities to foreign companies: Italian expert

STORY: Chinese market brings great opportunities to foreign companies: Italian expert SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALESSANDRO ZADRO, Head of Research at Italy-China Council Foundation STORYLINE: The Chinese market brings great opportunities to foreign companies, said an Italian expert in a recent interview with Xinhua. China's economy expanded 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of the year, marking the strongest performance among the world's major economies. SOUNDBITE (English): ALESSANDRO ZADRO, Head of Research at Italy-China Council Foundation "In 2023, the Chinese economy should grow around 5.1-5.4 percent. It's performing better in the last quarter compared to the first month of the year. The final push should permit China to reach the goal, an overall growth of around 5 percent, established by the government in March 2023. The Chinese econ

Greece braces for 1st summer heatwave

STORY: Greece braces for 1st summer heatwave DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:04 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people trying to cool off in the fountain of Syntagma Square in central Athens 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): PANAGIOTIS GIANNOPOULOS, Meteorologist, Hellenic National Meteorological Service 3. various of Athens downtown 4. various of people trying to cool off in the fountain of Syntagma Square in central Athens 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): PANAGIOTIS GIANNOPOULOS, Meteorologist, Hellenic National Meteorological Service 6. various of archaeological sites in Athens STORYLINE: Greece is bracing for the first major heatwave of the season, which is expected to push temperatures in parts of the country above 40 degrees Celsius. However, Panagiotis Giannopoulos, a meteorologist with the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), said that "this is not unprecedented." SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): PANAGIOTIS GIANNOPOULOS, Meteorologist, Hellenic National Meteorological Service "Tem

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - Women cut the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings.

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - A woman cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings.

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - Customers enter the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011, its opening day. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings.

Construction of Hainan FTP progresses steadily

STORY: Construction of Hainan FTP progresses steadily DATELINE: July 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of Hainana shot of Shen Xiaoming, Party chief of Hainanvarious of Hainan STORYLINE: A Chinese official says steady progress has been made in building China's island province of Hainan into a free trade port (FTP). Shen Xiaoming, Party chief of Hainan, said last week that over the past two years, over 180 policies and measures have taken effect in Hainan to facilitate trade and investment. As one of the country's major opening-up measures in the new era, China aims to build the whole of Hainan Island into a globally influential and high-level FTP by the middle of the century. The wider opening-up push is delivering visible outcomes. The number of registered market entities in Hainan has increased from less than 310,000 in 2013 to more than 1.98 million, with the growth rate ranking first in the country for 28 consecutive months. According to a plan o

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - Customers enter the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011, its opening day. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings. (Kyodo)

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - A woman cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings. (Kyodo)

Lumine shopping complex

Lumine shopping complex

TOKYO, Japan - Women cut the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator affiliated with East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Oct. 28, 2011. The new Lumine store represents the first major push by the operator to do business outside JR East station buildings. (Kyodo)