STORY: East China's Hefei working to make transportation greener
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 24, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:20
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of new energy vehicles (file footage)
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG ZHENGFENG, Deputy General Manager of Hefei Bus Group Co., Ltd.
3. various of new energy vehicles (file footage)
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG WEI, Sales manager of a local branch under Sinopec Group

STORYLINE:

Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, is an important production base for NEVs in China. Meanwhile, the city is working to make local transportation greener.

Hefei is one of the first cities in China to start developing green public transportation.

Thousands of electric buses are serving residents in the city proper.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG ZHENGFENG, Deputy General Manager of Hefei Bus Group Co., Ltd.
"By the end of 2020, Hefei had been equipped with a fully electric bus fleet on routes in the city proper. There are about 3,600 e-buses operating on 282 routes currently. The annual carbon emissions are reduced by about 40,000 tonnes. The technology of intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) is also a development trend. Currently, we have already had some intelligent connected vehicles conducting road tests in the city."

Hefei is also ramping up the construction of supporting facilities.

At present, the city has about 22,000 public charging piles of various types.

These include newly built integrated charging infrastructure and energy replenishment stations upgraded from traditional gas stations.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG WEI, Sales manager of a local branch under Sinopec Group
"Based on the original gas station, we have added functions including charging, battery swapping, and photovoltaic (power generation). We now have 142 charging spots at the (energy) station."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China.
(XHTV)