CPEC hydropower project benefits socio-economic development in Pakistan

STORY: CPEC hydropower project benefits socio-economic development in Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALI ADNAN, Engineer with Suki Kinari Hydropower project 3. various of the construction site of Suki Kinari Hydropower project 4. various of flood-hit areas in Pakistan in 2022 STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Right now I am present at the switchyard area of the Suki Kinari Hydropower project located on Kunar River in western Himalayas in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. This is the biggest hydropower project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. Suki Kinari, like all other CPEC projects, pays a lot of emphasis on corporate social responsibility and the socio-economic development of the local area." The hydropower project, implemented by China Gezhouba Group Corporation (

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

(230222) -- KAYUNGA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 9, 2023 shows Isimba Hydro Power Plant switchyard in Kayunga, Uganda. TO GO WITH "Reinvestigation: WSJ report on China-built mega-projects untrue, biased" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

(230222) -- KAYUNGA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Niu Hongtao (L), assistant project manager of the Isimba Hydro Power Plant, and Muhammad Idrees, a Pakistani civil engineer working at the project site, tour the switchyard at the Isimba Hydro Power Plant in Kayunga, Uganda, on Feb. 9, 2023. TO GO WITH "Reinvestigation: WSJ report on China-built mega-projects untrue, biased" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

CHINA-BUILT PROJECTS-WSJ REPORT-REINVESTIGATION

(230222) -- KIRYANDONGO, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People work inside the main switchyard at the Karuma hydropower plant in Kiryandongo, Uganda, on Feb. 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Reinvestigation: WSJ report on China-built mega-projects untrue, biased" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

Hokuriku Shinkansen train gets inspection at switchyard

Hokuriku Shinkansen train gets inspection at switchyard

A new bullet train developed for use on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line undergoes an inspection at a switching yard in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015. Service on the line, linking the prefectural capital of Kanazawa and Tokyo via Nagano, will officially begin on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo