STORY: BRI cooperation promotes high-quality development for Global South: experts
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage 
DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:29
LOCATION: Beijing 
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of cities of China
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, Brazil
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HANS HENDRISCHKE, Professor at the University of Sydney Business School
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DENNIS MUNENE MWANIKI, Executive Director, China-Africa Center at Africa Policy Institute in Kenya      

STORYLINE:

Experts from different countries hailed the Belt and Road cooperation promoted by China, as it contributed to high-quality development for the Global South.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, Brazil
"China has made notable contributions to global poverty reduction by applying a sustainable development model that combines industrial progress with social inclusion. Initiatives like the Belt and Road (Initiative) provide infrastructure and investments to developing countries, strengthening local economies and creating jobs."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HANS HENDRISCHKE, Professor at the University of Sydney Business School
"China is setting or defining ways of cooperating through the Belt and Road Initiative that could be through investment (or) that could be infrastructure support. China is becoming a leader in technology areas, so in digitalization, in manufacturing. China is cutting edge, and China is a country that could help those smaller countries to build up their own industries. So these are very practical ways in which China could help and could help more and is already helping."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DENNIS MUNENE MWANIKI, Executive Director, China-Africa Center at Africa Policy Institute in Kenya
"The Belt and Road Initiative has transformed the global community, especially on developing countries. It has ensured that countries in the Global South get to enjoy high-quality development, by ensuring that there is high-quality infrastructure development, including the roads, the railway, the ports."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)