STORY: Kazakh business professional in China commends SCO for promoting mutually beneficial cooperation
SHOOTING DATE: July 3, 2024
DATELINE: July 5, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:40
LOCATION: QINGDAO, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Elina Kim from Kazakhstan working in office

STORYLINE:

Elina Kim from Kazakhstan has been working in the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province for over a year.

She said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has great potential in facilitating interconnectedness and fostering economic growth.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ELINA KIM, Kazakh business professional working in China
"Initially, the SCO organization started with just a few members, but today, it is continually growing and expanding.
In my opinion, one of the growing aspects is the culture exchange and people-to-people exchange among the SCO countries. I think it has great potential in the future because it will facilitate interconnectedness between countries and provide a more open connection between countries when it comes to conducting business, conducting international trade, also the infrastructure."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELINA KIM, Kazakh business professional working in China
"There are also numerous transportation modes among SCO countries and among the Belt and Road countries, which make international trade more efficient, more convenient, and increase the import and export, as well as the GDP growth in the region. That's why I think that SCO has great potential in years to come and decades to come."

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