STORY: Cooperation with China significant to Indonesia's development, says minister
DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:42
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of street views in Indonesia
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Indonesian): LUHUT BINSAR PANDJAITAN, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment
3. various of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Indonesian): LUHUT BINSAR PANDJAITAN, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment

STORYLINE:

Indonesia and China have been cooperating closely in recent years to achieve a win-win situation, said Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

Pandjaitan has visited China many times and is now responsible for economic, trade and investment cooperation with China in the Indonesian government.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Indonesian): LUHUT BINSAR PANDJAITAN, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment
"I see mutually beneficial cooperation. Like education, technology transfer, and many projects that make our economy better now."

Pandjaitan said he has witnessed the fruitful results of the cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including the official operation of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR).

With a design speed of 350 km per hour, the 142.3-km railway is the first overseas high-speed railway project that fully uses Chinese railway systems, technology, and industrial components.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Indonesian): LUHUT BINSAR PANDJAITAN, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment
"It can be seen that with Chinese technology, this fast train is really great. Second, I have seen all very good cooperation. We learn from this experience. I think China is very technologically advanced. And I see that China is very generous in sharing its knowledge with us. Of course, I see it is very important for Indonesia. We are entering an era of high technology, namely the HSR, and I think we should develop it in the future." 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta.
(XHTV)