STORY: Foreign youths experience China's auto technology in Jilin
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 7, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:14
LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of foreign students at China FAW Group Co., Ltd.
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
8. various of a FAW's factory

STORYLINE:

A group of young students from countries like Malaysia, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Kenya have embarked on a week-long trip in northeast China.

At the Research and Development Headquarters of China FAW Group Co., Ltd. in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, they experienced and were amazed by Chinese auto-making technologies.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
"It feels like we are already in the future. Are we still in 2024? Or?"

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
"It is 2030."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
"2030. I agree."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
"There's no driver."

SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHITOSI ISIDORE INNOCENT, Malawian student
"Without a driver, who should we tell about where to go?"

SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): KIMBULUNGU MUKONGO RUTH, DRC student
"Because of the technology and the settings, it can start automatically and send you to your destination. 
(This is cool.)
Yes."

In recent years, China has been actively promoting digital technologies to empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries, among which the automobile industry has become the epitome.

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