STORY: UNIDO to build global AI alliance with Huawei
DATELINE: June 17, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:48
LOCATION: FENYESLITKE, Hungary
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the logistics forum
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FARRUKH ALIMDJANOV, Industrial development officer at UNIDO
3. various of logistics terminal using 5G technology
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RADOSLAW KEDZIA, Vice president of central and eastern Europe and Nordic region at Huawei

STORYLINE:

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said on Thursday it will join hands with Chinese tech giant Huawei and other global firms to launch an alliance for artificial intelligence (AI) to promote the technology's use in industry and manufacturing.

Farrukh Alimdjanov, an industrial development officer at UNIDO, emphasized the significance of this alliance at a logistics forum held in the eastern Hungarian town of Fenyeslitke.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FARRUKH ALIMDJANOV, Industrial development officer at UNIDO
"It was a new initiative from UNIDO which was already supported by Huawei. We're trying to basically show to the community that AI is something that we shall not fear from. It's something with what you can make your business, your industry, your sector, and your economy more successful, more competitive, more efficient, and most importantly, more inclusive."

Radoslaw Kedzia, vice president of central and eastern Europe and Nordic region at Huawei, said at the forum that Huawei can contribute to the global AI alliance to benefit human lives.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RADOSLAW KEDZIA, Vice president of central and eastern Europe and Nordic region at Huawei
"We believe that as a company we can contribute with our experience, knowhow and our R&D capability to make sure that this technology can really benefit human lives."

Thursday's forum was held in the East-West Gate (EWG) in Fenyeslitke, where Europe's first land-based intermodal logistics terminal using 5G technology is located.

Huawei supplies network equipment to the EWG, which is also the first terminal in Europe to control cranes remotely using 5G technology.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Fenyeslitke, Hungary.
(XHTV)