STORY: Exploring world's largest ice-and-snow theme park
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 5, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:15
LOCATION: HARBIN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Harbin Ice-Snow World
2. STANDUP 1 (English): SUN XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent
3. STANDUP 2 (English): SUN XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent
4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBYN LAPTHORNE, Australian tourist
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CRAIG LAPTHORNE, Australian tourist
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIN WENXIN, Tourist from China's Fujian Province
7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI SHULIN, Tourist from China's Anhui Province

STORYLINE:

STANDUP 1 (English): SUN XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent
"This is Harbin, the capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Behind me is the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World. It's a world-leading theme park of large-scale ice and snow sculptures. The park has been open recently, welcoming tourists all over the world.
Themed 'Dream of Winter, Love among Asia,' the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games.
With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history.
The park features nine major zones, recreating landmark landscapes of 42 countries and 3 regions that are members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in the form of ice-and-snow structures."

STANDUP 2 (English): SUN XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent
"The main tower stands on the main axis of the park, featuring towering ice columns that depict the official emblem of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
The park has become one of China's most iconic winter attractions. The 25th edition of the park received over 2.7 million tourists last year. This year, many people traveled thousands of miles to Harbin to experience its renowned ice-and-snow wonderland."
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBYN LAPTHORNE, Australian tourist
"We are quite fascinated. We traveled all the way from Australia to come here to experience this amazing event."
   
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CRAIG LAPTHORNE, Australian tourist
"It's amazing that they can build this out of ice, also these activities for children as well. And it's something for everybody. We, first time ever to see this and we'll never forget this. Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!"
   
SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIN WENXIN, Tourist from China's Fujian Province
"This is my first time to visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World, and it's so much fun. There are so many ice sculptures and buildings, which are very fascinating."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI SHULIN, Tourist from China's Anhui Province
"I come from Huangshan City, Anhui Province, and this is my first visit to Harbin. I find the ice sculptures here very impressive and beautiful. Here, we can see ice sculptures featuring some landmark buildings in Asia."

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