STORY: Foreign diplomatic envoys impressed by new energy industry in China's Shenzhen
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 27, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Shenzhen, China (File)
2. various of the 2023 tour of foreign diplomats to Chinese localities
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROLAND REILAND, Ambassador of Luxembourg to China
4. various of new energy vehicles and related products on display
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): UENO ASAKO, Minister of Embassy of Japan to China
6. various of Shenzhen, China (File)
7. various of the 2023 tour of foreign diplomats to Chinese localities
8. various of research on new energy vehicles (File)
9. various of the 2023 tour of foreign diplomats to Chinese localities
10. various of automobile manufacturing and Shenzhen's public transportation (File)

STORYLINE:

Diplomatic envoys from 12 countries have gone on a four-day tour in China's Shenzhen to better understand the city's achievements in new energy and smart transportation, and explore cooperation potential in these fields.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROLAND REILAND, Ambassador of Luxembourg to China
"Luxembourg is a financial center and Luxembourg has decided very early to focus on green finance. So for me, this is very interesting to discover more what is going on (in Shenzhen) and what these research labs and companies are doing, in order to maybe foster future cooperation."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): UENO ASAKO, Minister of Embassy of Japan to China
"I came to Shenzhen (about) 30 years ago, so it was around 1995 or 1996. So compared to those periods, I'm really impressed with the development since then. Shenzhen is really reaching to achieve the carbon neutral things like the green energy, the usage.
I think there should be some room for the cooperation (between China and Japan). Of course, it depends on each company's decision. I still believe that there are still lots of rooms for the Japanese companies and Chinese companies to well cooperate."
 
In 2022, the added value of Shenzhen's green and low-carbon industry reached 173 billion yuan (about 25.58 billion USD), up 16.1 percent year on year.
 
In the field of transportation, Shenzhen is the first in China to replace all public transportation like buses and cabs with electric vehicles. The number of electric vehicles in logistics and distribution has reached 100,000 units.

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