STORY: Urban library opens to public in China's highest city
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 2, 2024 
DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:23
LOCATION: NAGQU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the library
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TAGBA CHOZIN, Deputy Director of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Seni District, Nagqu City

STORYLINE:

Nagqu in China's Xizang is known as the highest city in China, and also dubbed the "roof of the world's roof". In summer, the first urban library in Nagqu opened to the public. It's constructed with assistance from Jiaxing City in eastern China's Zhejiang Province.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TAGBA CHOZIN, Deputy Director of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Seni District, Nagqu City
"The integration of elements here includes water ripples from areas south of the Yangtze River and the petals of the galsang flower of Xizang, which we can see at the top.
The assistance team for Zhejiang Province conducted research in the Seni District of Nagqu City. They discovered that there was no public cultural infrastructure, such as libraries and bookstores, in this district. They then drew on cultural characteristics from Hangzhou (in Zhejiang) and developed the world's highest urban library.
The next step for us is to promote our city library through a variety of rich and diverse activities, and transform it into the first city library in Nagqu with excellent services, a beautiful setting, and high visual appeal."

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