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1. 2024.02.26Spring Festival Dispatch: A Smarter Power Grid Lights Up Beijing’s New City CenterXinhua News Agency, Spring Festival grassroots series · Xinhua appPart of Xinhua’s Spring Festival series in which reporters leave the office for the field. The story visits Beijing’s sub-center in Tongzhou, where rooftop solar, electric-vehicle charging and automated testing lines are reshaping a local power grid.Open the story notes →Interviewed / Reporting Contribution
2. 2024.02.21Provinces Publish Investment Lists as Major Projects Break GroundEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · Print and webRight after the Lunar New Year holiday, provinces across China announced lists of major projects for 2024. The report starts at a construction site in Qingdao and then looks at what the lists from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai reveal about where investment was going.Open the story notes →Interviewed / Reporting Contribution
3. 2024.02.05China’s Carbon Market Moves Toward ExpansionEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · Print and webAs China’s national carbon market entered its third compliance period, this report explains what was changing: the restart of the voluntary emissions-reduction market after nearly seven years, new national regulations taking effect in May 2024, and the cement and electrolytic-aluminum industries preparing to join.Open the story notes →Interviewed / Reporting Contribution
4. 2024.01.29China General Nuclear Power Surpasses 100 GW of Installed Clean-Energy CapacityEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · Print and webA year-end look at one of China’s largest state energy groups as its nuclear, wind, solar and storage capacity crossed 100 gigawatts. The piece follows where that power comes from: 27 operating reactors, 11 more under construction using the domestically developed Hualong One design, and new offshore wind and solar projects along the coast.Open the story notes →Reported & Written
5. 2024.01.23Tickets for New Year’s Eve Trains Go on Sale Friday. Here’s How to Get One.Economic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · WeChatA service piece for one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. The 2024 Spring Festival travel season was expected to bring about 9 billion cross-regional trips in 40 days. The piece gives the dates when peak-day train tickets went on sale and practical steps for booking on the national rail app.Open the story notes →Reported & Written
6. 2024.01.23Chery Sets Out to Grow 10 to 20 Points Faster Than the Market in 2024Economic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · WebCoverage of Chery Group’s Beijing event, where the carmaker reported record 2023 results and laid out plans for its four brands. Revenue rose about 50 percent and exports roughly doubled.Open the story notes →Reported & Written
7. 2024.01.23Lynk & Co Launches the New 09 EM-P, Pitched as a Safe Home on WheelsEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · WebA launch report on a plug-in hybrid family SUV, focused on its safety engineering and on the brand’s growth: more than 220,000 vehicles sold in 2023, up 22.3 percent.Open the story notes →Reported & Written
8. 2024.01.19A Warm Economy in a Cold Winter: Hot Springs Find New Ways to Draw VisitorsEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · Short video, DouyinA short video about how China’s hot-spring businesses courted winter travelers. It pairs street-level footage with data on where these businesses are concentrated. My portfolio records my role as interviewing and writing, and lists this among the videos I interviewed for and edited during the internship.Open the story notes →Video Reporting
9. 2024.01.17As Zeekr 007 Deliveries Begin, China’s Electric-Sedan Race Heats UpEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · WebInterviews with Zeekr executives as the first 007 sedans reached customers: battery range, 800-volt charging, self-developed driver assistance, and why the company believes battery-electric cars still have room to grow.Open the story notes →Reported & Written
10. 2024.01.16A New High-Level Data Science Research Institute Takes ShapeEconomic Information Daily (Xinhua News Agency) · WebChina Electronics opened a research institute for data science and intelligent engineering in Beijing. The report covers what the institute is meant to do, how its academic committee will guide research, and why data has become a strategic resource in China’s digital economy.Open the story notes →Reported & Written