Former animal husbandry technician devoted to preserving plant biodiversity in NW China

STORY: Former animal husbandry technician devoted to preserving plant biodiversity in NW China DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of An Guoqing working 2. various of the handbooks 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AN GUOQING, Plant expert 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AN GUOQING, Plant expert STORYLINE: A former animal husbandry technician has devoted himself to preserving plant biodiversity in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in northwest China's Gansu Province. An Guoqing, in the past 18 years, has done intensive field survey in Qilian Mountains and compiled two illustrated handbooks of local plant species. Sunan Yugur Autonomous County has a total area of 23, 800 square kilometers, boasting abundant plant resources. However, its treacherous mountainous roads make it difficult to do field research. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AN GUOQING, Plant expert "I've been working in the mountains for many years. Sometimes they persuaded me not to go up high,

Japan, China hold meeting on maternity health book

Japan, China hold meeting on maternity health book

Japanese and Chinese health officials attend a meeting on handbooks on maternal and child health at the National Diet building in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. China has decided to distribute Japanese-style handbooks to expectant women to enable them to manage their own and their newborn babies' health records together. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wife of Japan's ex-premier speaks at meeting on maternity book

Wife of Japan's ex-premier speaks at meeting on maternity book

Kiyoko Fukuda, wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and adviser to a domestic organization promoting handbooks on maternal and child health, speaks at a meeting involving Japanese and Chinese health officials at the National Diet building in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan welcomes China's move to distribute maternity books

Japan welcomes China's move to distribute maternity books

Kiyoko Fukuda (c), wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and adviser to a domestic organization promoting handbooks on maternal and child health, shows a senior official from China her own handbook provided by a local government following her childbirth during their encounter at the National Diet building in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. China has decided to distribute Japanese-style handbooks to expectant women to enable them to manage their own and their newborn babies' health records together. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo