STORY: China hands over relief materials to herders in central Mongolia hit by harsh winter
SHOOTING DATE: March 18, 2024
DATELINE: March 19, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:06
LOCATION: ERDENE, Mongolia
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of relief materials provided by China to Mongolia

STORYLINE:

Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Shen Minjuan and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on Monday visited the central Mongolian province of Tuv to hand over relief materials provided by China to 500 herdsmen affected by the extreme wintry weather.
   
This winter, Mongolia has been hit by a severe "dzud," a Mongolian term to describe a severely cold winter when many livestock die because the ground is frozen or covered in snow.
   
They handed over the relief materials including warm clothes, family packages, food and other necessities to herder families in Erdene soum (administrative subdivision) of the province.
   
More than 4 million head of livestock have died so far this winter due to the dzud, according to the country's State Emergency Commission. The promotion of livestock husbandry is seen as the most viable way to diversify the landlocked country's mining-dependent economy.
   
At the end of 2023, the number of livestock in Mongolia stood at 64.7 million, according to the National Statistics Office.  

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Erdene, Mongolia.
(XHTV)