STORY: China's Chery vehicles to serve BRICS Summit
DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: Johannesburg
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Chery vehicles
2. Various of BRICS banners
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIU YUN, Executive deputy general manager of Chery South Africa
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CALYSON MONYELA, Deputy Director General of Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Republic of South Africa
5. various of South Africa
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CALYSON MONYELA, Deputy Director General of Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Republic of South Africa
7. various of South Africa

STORYLINE:

Chinese automaker Chery will provide 60 vehicles to serve the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIU YUN, Executive deputy general manager of Chery South Africa
"We are honored that Chery South Africa was selected as an official presidential vehicle partnership for the 2023 BRICS Summit. It is a privilege to be part of history and contribute to the undoubted success that this summit will have."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CALYSON MONYELA, Deputy Director General of Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Republic of South Africa
"We are quite happy as South Africa that Chinese brands are doing so well because as you know, we've got this comprehensive strategic partnership with the People's Republic of China and South Africa. We count China as one of our very closest friends."

BRICS is the grouping of the world's leading emerging market economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The 15th BRICS Summit will be held from Aug. 22 to 24.

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CALYSON MONYELA, Deputy Director General of Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Republic of South Africa
"This is going to be the biggest BRICS Summit to date. This says a lot about the influence of BRICS, about how the Global South views the BRICS formation, and also how strategic it is. The Global South sees BRICS as a home."

Altogether, the BRICS nations account for more than 40 percent of the world population and about 26 percent of the global economy.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Johannesburg.
(XHTV)