East China's hydropower station ensures electricity supply during peak summer season

STORY: East China's hydropower station ensures electricity supply during peak summer season DATELINE: August 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower stationSTANDUP (English): LIN GUANGYAO, Xinhua correspondentSOUNDBITE 1 (English): XU JIE, Deputy General Manager of Zhejiang Changlongshan Pumped Storage Co., Ltd.various of Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower stationSOUNDBITE 2 (English): XU JIE, Deputy General Manager of Zhejiang Changlongshan Pumped Storage Co., Ltd.various of Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower station STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LIN GUANGYAO, Xinhua correspondent "We are now in Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower station of Anji, east China's Zhejiang Province. This power station was put into full operation on June 30 this year. This is the largest pumped-storage hydropower station in east China, with a total capacity of 2.1 million kilowatts. This is the first month that t

High prices in Spain set to continue into next year, says economist

STORY: High prices in Spain set to continue into next year, says economist DATELINE: July 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of shops and consumers in SpainSOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): MONTSERRAT GUILLEN, Professor of Economics at Barcelona UniversitySOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): MONTSERRAT GUILLEN, Professor of Economics at Barcelona Universityvarious of a petrol stationSOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): MONTSERRAT GUILLEN, Professor of Economics at Barcelona University STORYLINE: An economist has said high prices in Spain are set to continue into next year but measures will work. Prices in Spain went up again in June by a double-digit increase, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed to 10.2 percent, according to the National Institute of Statistics, the highest number for 37 years. With prices going up all over Europe, the European Central Bank announced in June that it will try to dampen consumer spending by raising interest rates by 0.25 percent in July, the bank's first rate rai

"Anti-drug grandma" heals hearts through education, love

STORY: "Anti-drug grandma" heals hearts through education, love DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the detoxification centervarious of Fu Liangling workingSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline StationSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline StationSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline Station STORYLINE: Sunday marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is observed on June 26 every year. In Haikou, the capital of south China's Hainan Province, a community drug-detoxification center helps people quit drug addiction and get back to regular lives in families and society. Fu Liangling, 54, is the vice director of the center, named Coastline Station. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LIANGLING, Vice director of Coastline Station "I came to work at the center at the Haidian community district in January 2011. At the beginning, I was afraid.

Asia's largest passenger railway hub starts operation in Beijing

STORY: Asia's largest passenger railway hub starts operation in Beijing DATELINE: June 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Beijing Fengtai Railway StationSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QING, Beijing Fengtai StationSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU CHANGLIANG, Foreman of High-speed Railway Communication Area of Fengtai Station, Beijing Communication Section STORYLINE: The largest passenger railway hub in Asia was put into operation Monday in Beijing as a four-year reconstruction breathes new life into the Chinese capital's oldest railway station. With a gross floor area of nearly 400,000 square meters, or 56 standard football pitches, Beijing Fengtai Railway Station has 32 rail tracks and 32 platforms and is able to accommodate a maximum of 14,000 passengers per hour. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QING, Staff member of Beijing Fengtai Station "The command center has streamlined the operations of six units, sending all commands from the center to make the station dispatchers a

New power unit starts operation at China's major hydropower station

STORY: New power unit starts operation at China's major hydropower station DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of Baihetan hydropower stationSOUNDBITE(Chinese):WANG ZHILIN,Head of Baihetan project construction at China Three Gorges Corporationvarious of Baihetan hydropower station STORYLINE: A new power-generating unit in Baihetan hydropower station in southwest China passed a 72-hour trial operation Monday and started formal operation. The operation of the No. 5 unit marks the eighth power-generating unit that has gone operational. SOUNDBITE(Chinese):WANG ZHILIN,Head of Baihetan project construction at China Three Gorges Corporation "The operation of the No. 5 unit indicates that half of our power-generating units have gone operational. The total installed capacity has reached eight million kilowatts." The Baihetan hydropower station is located on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze River. It transmits electricity from