STORY: China will continue to be engine of world economy: BiH expert
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:36
LOCATION: Sarajevo
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FARUK BORIC, President of Association of Friendship between China and BiH
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FARUK BORIC, President of Association of Friendship between China and BiH

STORYLINE:

China's GDP growth grew 5.2 percent year on year in 2023, meeting the government's target of around 5 percent despite domestic challenges and external pressure.

An expert of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has highlighted the resilience of the Chinese economy, noting that it will continue to be the engine of the world economy.

SOUNDBITE (English): FARUK BORIC, President of Association of Friendship between China and BiH
"Last year it was, generally speaking in global level, very challenging for all world. And of course, China faced also some challenges. The Chinese government took a lot of measures to maintain a permanent rise of GDP with projected figures. And as I understand that figures and projections are successfully obtained, which means that China still, it's still a country which provides stability and positive influx for the world's economy, and will definitely maintain to be an engine of the globe, because everything what happens in China at the state level, has the influence worldwide.
Therefore, it's not only expectation that China will maintain to be an engine for the globe and Chinese growth will maintain to be more than five percent."

The BiH expert has also looked forward to more cooperation between China and his country.

SOUNDBITE (English): FARUK BORIC, President of Association of Friendship between China and BiH
"Chinese market is, I mean it's a big open market and I am pretty sure that a lot of European companies wants to be there, wants to be present. When it comes to Bosnia and Herzegovina, our market is small, our companies are small, and the Chinese market is distant, but I think in the nearest future, we can work together to find the way, especially in green energy, in e-commerce, in the new technologies like electronics, cars, we can try to see some common ground for the benefit for both sides."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sarajevo.
(XHTV)