STORY: Maintenance workers safeguard railway bridge in China as Spring Festival nears
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:08
LOCATION: GUIYANG, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Beipan River Bridge
2. STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG YIXIONG, Maintenance worker
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO DONGXUE, Maintenance worker
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SU ZHIPENG, Assistant Engineer

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent
"Behind me is the Beipan River Bridge of Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway in southwest China's Guizhou Province. During the Spring Festival travel rush, 95 high-speed trains run through the bridge every day and workers of a maintenance team safeguard the bridge."

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG YIXIONG, Maintenance worker 
"I won't go home for the Spring Festival this year. I'm on patrol along the western section of the Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway, maintaining the roadbed, bridge, and tunnels along the way to ensure the safe journey of travelers."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO DONGXUE, Maintenance worker
"To ensure more travelers return home safely for the Spring Festival holiday, we need to conduct more frequent inspections of this bridge."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SU ZHIPENG, Assistant Engineer
"As the Spring Festival travel rush has begun, more trains are passing through the bridge. We have increased the frequency of equipment checks. We used to conduct inspections once a month, but now we do it twice a month. Most of our colleagues are not locals, but they have chosen to stay here and stuck to their posts."

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