STORY: Advanced, open, hospitable -- Xinjiang in eyes of world media professionals
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:36
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the 6th World Media Summit
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SABEEN USMAN KHATTAK, Executive Director of Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARK LEVINE, U.S. scholar & professor at Minzu University of China
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): IOANNA-MARIA PIERRI, Assistant Managing Editor, To Vima English Edition, Greece
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RUB NAWAZ, Director, Chinese News and Video News Service, Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation

STORYLINE:

Participants of the 6th World Media Summit embarked on tours across Xinjiang on Tuesday to experience firsthand its diversity, inclusiveness, and hospitality.

Over 500 representatives of 208 mainstream media outlets, government agencies, and international organizations from 106 countries and regions participated in the 6th World Media Summit held in Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

They are impressed by an advanced, open and hospitable Xinjiang.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SABEEN USMAN KHATTAK, Executive Director of Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation
"I have seen it is quite modern, I mean, equipped with the latest technology. And the people are very hospitable and they're friendly.
It was quite astonishing to see their marvelous success. I mean the way they were installing solar power, wind power, and the way they were producing energy. 
It was quite a wonderful experience. It was an out-of-this-world experience for me. It was very surprising. I'm impressed."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARK LEVINE, U.S. scholar & professor at Minzu University of China
"I saw developments in agriculture, farming, so on where previously arid land was now being irrigated and new techniques and experts in farming were sent from different parts of the country to provide training to the farmers in Xinjiang on how to improve their crop production and so on. It was just an extraordinary experience."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): IOANNA-MARIA PIERRI, Assistant Managing Editor, To Vima English Edition, Greece
"The culture, the beauty. I'm sure that I'm seeing something completely different from Greece. I'm constantly surprised about things that I've seen here. They're so different and so beautiful."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RUB NAWAZ, Director, Chinese News and Video News Service, Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation
"It's a lovely place. I am really enjoying here. What I see is much more than what I was expecting. Its beauty, its scenery, its working and hospitality, and the culture of interaction, and much more, in every aspect."

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