STORY: SCO countries work together to promote green development
SHOOTING TIME: July 8, 2024
DATELINE: July 9, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:45
LOCATION: QINGDAO, China
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Green Development Forum of SCO Countries
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHRI JANESH KAIN, Deputy secretary-general of the SCO Secretariat
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PAN JIAHUA, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

STORYLINE:

The Green Development Forum of SCO Countries opened on Monday in the coastal city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

Green development has emerged as a highlight of cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries. 

Scientific and technological innovation in ecological and environmental protection industries has become an important force for optimizing the energy structure and achieving green and low-carbon transformation.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHRI JANESH KAIN, Deputy secretary-general of the SCO Secretariat
"The organization was founded with the idea of strengthening our cooperation in different areas of work. I'm happy to see that, guided by what we call as the Shanghai Spirit, we have been able to achieve a lot of our goals. The Shanghai Spirit basically calls for mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation respect for diversity of civilizations and pursuit of common development."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PAN JIAHUA, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
"Member countries and observer countries of the SCO attending this forum have all positively responded to green development, and many of the speeches, as you can see, are focused on tackling climate change and zero-carbon transition development. For cooperation among SCO countries, China's experience in green development should be shared with other SCO countries, and we should work together for zero-carbon transition development."

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