STORY: Foreign guests experience vitality of urban development in China's "Spring City"
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 19, 2024
DATELINE: Nov. 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:42
LOCATION: KUNMING, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the conference
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MOLCHANOV ARTEM, Mayor of Yaroslavl, Russia
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICHOLAS MUTENGU, Deputy Director, Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, Zimbabwe
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): VIENGTHONG HATSACHANH, Secretary Party-Mayor of Luang Prabang City, Laos
5. various of activities

STORYLINE:

The 2024 China International Friendship Cities Conference concluded on Tuesday in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

More than 700 representatives from 41 countries attended the two-day event.

During the "Dianchi Lake Protection and Urban Construction" tour, guests got a glimpse of the ecological protection in the province.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MOLCHANOV ARTEM, Mayor of Yaroslavl, Russia
"The trip is very beautiful and it's very interesting. Kunming's developing very quickly. It's a big city. It's a very historical city. The conference is about friendship between our countries. I'm from Russia and I think friendship between China and Russia is very famous."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICHOLAS MUTENGU, Deputy Director, Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, Zimbabwe
"The trip, it's a very good one. We've managed to visit the first section where we saw these master plans of the community."

During the "China-Laos Railway" tour, guests explored various large-scale railway maintenance machinery and experienced the development of railway manufacturing in China.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): VIENGTHONG HATSACHANH, Mayor of Luang Prabang City, Laos
"Today, I'm very happy to have the opportunity to visit the train production center in Kunming. After the completion of the China-Laos Railway, it facilitates the travel of foreign tourists in Laos and the interconnection with neighboring countries."

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