KENYA-MAKUENI-SOLAR-POWERED TABLETS-VOCATIONAL SKILLS

KENYA-MAKUENI-SOLAR-POWERED TABLETS-VOCATIONAL SKILLS

(240616) -- NAIROBI, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Local women participate in a hairdressing lesson delivered on a solar-powered tablet in a makeshift salon in Makueni, Kenya, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese firm leverages solar-powered tablets to boost vocational skills of Kenya's off-grid communities" (Photo by Lin Jing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

KENYA-MAKUENI-SOLAR-POWERED TABLETS-VOCATIONAL SKILLS

KENYA-MAKUENI-SOLAR-POWERED TABLETS-VOCATIONAL SKILLS

(240616) -- NAIROBI, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Local women participate in a hairdressing lesson delivered on a solar-powered tablet in a makeshift salon in Makueni, Kenya, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese firm leverages solar-powered tablets to boost vocational skills of Kenya's off-grid communities" (Photo by Lin Jing/Xinhua)

CHINA-BEIJING-STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE-ANHUI-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE-ANHUI-PRESS CONFERENCE (CN)

(240516) -- BEIJING, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Provincial officials of east China's Anhui Province attend a press conference on charting a new course for Anhui's high-quality development in the new era by pursuing innovation-driven growth, in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2024. TO GO WITH "China's Anhui leverages innovation, integration for high-quality development" (Xinhua/Pan Xu)

Historians to hail BRI as significant project for our era: U.S. scholar

STORY: Historians to hail BRI as significant project for our era: U.S. scholar DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of BRI-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN, Chairman of Kuhn Foundation 3. various of BRI-related footage 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN, Chairman of Kuhn Foundation STORYLINE: Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of Kuhn Foundation, has said that historians will hail the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as "something of significance for our era." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBERT LAWRENCE KUHN, Chairman of Kuhn Foundation "The Belt and Road Initiative is the first and primary strategic engagement that China has brought to the world, and it has a remarkable and absolutely essential element. And I've said, historians 1,000 years from now will look back and will circle the Belt and Road Initiative as something of significance for our era today." Kuhn said the BRI leverages China's

HKEX marks 30th anniversary of H-share listings

STORY: HKEX marks 30th anniversary of H-share listings DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of Paul Chan delivering speech 3. various of Laura Cha delivering speech STORYLINE: The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) held a celebration on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the listing of H-shares, marking the significant contributions made to Hong Kong's position as an international financial center through the development of mutual connectivity between the mainland and Hong Kong capital markets. In 1993, Tsingtao Brewery became the first state-owned enterprise to list in Hong Kong, and since then Hong Kong has become the preferred international fundraising platform for mainland companies, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said at the event. Under the principle of "one country, two systems," Hong Kong leverages its advantages of e

China's Shandong leverages unique strength of TCM in COVID treatment

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