STORY: Russian expat experiences future transportation at 2024 World Manufacturing Convention
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 21, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:06
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the 2024 World Manufacturing Convention
2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALEKSANDR KIREEV, Russian expat

STORYLINE:

Follow Aleksandr Kireev, a Russian student to explore the latest products and innovations in the manufacturing sector at the just-concluded 2024 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, China.

SOUNDBITE (English): ALEKSANDR KIREEV, Russian expat
"Here we are at the manufacturing conference. And we are attending some different activities here. Actually, there are many things to try, for example, autonomous cars and drones. 
This pretty car here can actually take us to different places. Let's take a look at this color. It's very pretty. It's actually pretty big. I guess a lot of people can sit in here. So how does that actually operate? We can take a look at that. Actually we have the lighter scanner, which helps the car to operate, and drive without people. Get into this little car, so how do we open the door? Actually we have to click this one. Let's have a try. Oh yeah, here it is. Let's actually get in. There's a security worker here. Hello."

"Hi."

"Let's actually take a look. This one looks actually pretty weird. Why? There's no driver here. And let's actually take a look at the screen here. So in the screen we can actually see the green lines. The green lines are for obstacles. For example, we have different people walking around, so that the car knows that and it can actually schedule the route for us.
This one is also an unmanned aerial vehicle. Let's take a look at what it's like. So I've actually heard that in the future it will become a very good transportation auto. Maybe it will replace buses or taxis, (and) actually take people from point A to point B. In the future, you'll find it in different places in Hefei. So now let's get in this one. Let's first open the door. Then get in. We'll actually take a look what's inside. So we have a huge screen here, belt here and the seats are actually pretty comfortable, and there is nothing except for the screen. I think that's pretty impressive."

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