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synonymChina Central Television International Channel(China Central Television International Channel) generally refers to the Chinese language International channel of CCTV
CCTV Chinese Language International Channel (channel call sign: CCTV-4, referred to as: CCTV Chinese Language International Channel or CCTV four) is China Media Group Its professional channel, which mainly serves overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, was launched on October 1, 1992. [1]
On July 1, 1995, CCTV-4 officially launched the "China Central Television INTERNATIONAL" call sign. [2-3] On January 30, 2006, CCTV-4 officially added the second-level logo of "China Central Television Chinese International Channel", and adopted the abbreviation "Chinese International" when the first-level logo "CCTV-4" appeared. [3-4] On January 1, 2007, CCTV-4 was released for Asia, Europe and the Americas. [3] [5-6]
Chinese name
CCTV Chinese language international channel
Foreign name
CCTV-4
alloname
CCTV four , CCTV Chinese language international channel
Representative program
China news , Today's attention , Asia Today
language
Mandarin
Subordinate organization
China Media Group
Broadcast time
October 1, 1992
Time of ascent
October 1, 1992
Channel slogan
Inherit Chinese civilization and serve Chinese people all over the world
Famous host
Lu Jian , Wang Shilin , Wang Zhou
Channel director
Li Xinyan
Broadcast mode
High standard HD simultaneous broadcast
Video format
HDTV (16:9), SDTV (16:9)
Broadcast duration
24 hours

Development course

broadcast
EDITOR

Revision history

Preparatory period
On June 1, 1991, the news magazine section" China report "On CCTV-2, once a week, each 30 minutes. [2-3] On September 23, with the approval of the Party group of the former Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, CCTV officially established the editorial department for Taiwan. [3]
On May 29, 1992, CCTV's first comprehensive segment program "Taiwan and Hong Kong overseas Chinese" was launched. All the time in the world "Officially launched. [2-3] On September 25, the editorial department of CCTV changed its name to the Editorial Department of CCTV Series 4. [3]
Early broadcast
On October 1, 1992, CCTV-4 officially began broadcasting for 15 hours and 40 minutes a day. 20:30 Broadcast China Central Television News (" CCTV News ") China news Issue 1, 10 minutes in total. After the premiere, repeats were scheduled at 22:00, 0:00 and 8:30 the following day. [2-3] At the same time, at 19:00 every day, CCTV-1 broadcast "News" simultaneously, and repeated CCTV-1 "Evening News", which was discontinued in 1993.
On January 1, 1993, CCTV sent its daily one-hour Chinese and English foreign programs to Hong Kong via international satellites, and the Chicago New Century Television Station sent the programs to satellites covering the Ku band and C-band in the United States, so that the entire North America could see important news happening in China every day. [2] [5] On May 1, the TV news magazine program "Oriental Time" was launched on CCTV-1 and re-broadcast on CCTV-4. On November 18, the CCTV branch Party group decided to merge the External Television Center with the fourth program department, and the CCTV Overseas Center Program Production Center was established. [2-3] In 1993, Taiwan began to broadcast China News, and in 1994 the whole set of CCTV-4 broadcast. [2]
On May 1, 1994, China Central Television News officially changed its name to China News, and added Asian and Taiwan news. [3] [6] In the same year, CCTV-4 entered the Singapore and Hong Kong cable television networks. [2] On October 17, the former Overseas Center of CCTV launched the first batch of local language programs such as "Cantonese News" and "Local Accent" on CCTV-4, realizing the broadcast of Cantonese programs by CCTV. Cantonese News is aimed at tens of millions of Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong, Australia and overseas. [2] [5]
On January 1, 1995, CCTV-4 sent signals through international communication satellites to North America, Europe, Oceania and Africa except Asia, Eastern Europe and East Africa, further expanding its global coverage. At the same time, the channel was revised to broadcast programs in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, and implemented 24 hours of broadcasting (except for maintenance slots on Tuesday afternoons). [2-3] At the beginning of the year, CCTV-4 began to produce a 12-episode series called Vicissitudes of Hong Kong ", divided into upper and lower parts, each 6 episodes. The first part was broadcast in July 1996 and the second in 1997, just before the handover of Hong Kong. [2-3] On May 1, CCTV-4 began to broadcast" Eastern space-time "" Focus interview "" Economy half hour "And other columns are arranged according to the time difference of different countries and regions. [2-3] In the same month, Singapore Cable Television began broadcasting CCTV-4. [2]
International channel period
On July 1, 1995, CCTV-4 officially launched the "China Central Television INTERNATIONAL" call sign. [2-3] On August 15, Hong Kong's Wharf Cable Television Network officially began full-day broadcasting of CCTV-4 in Hong Kong on the occasion of the one-year countdown to the handover of Hong Kong on June 30, 1996. [2-3] In the same year, Australia's Sydney National Television (SBS) began broadcasting CCTV-4. [2]
On January 11, 1996, CCTV-4 began transmitting television programs to Europe, Central and North Africa and parts of Asia via the Pan Am 4 satellite over the Indian Ocean. [3] [5] On March 16, the big talk show "Tell It Like It Is" was launched on CCTV-1 and reruns were set up on CCTV-4. On April 3, CCTV cooperated with Pan Am Satellite Company of the United States to rent transponders on the Pan Am 2, Pan Am 3 and Pan Am 4 satellites to transmit Chinese programs of CCTV-4 to the world, so that the channel covers 98 percent of the world's population. Subsequently, television stations in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Mongolia and other countries also broadcast a full set of CCTV-4 programs. [2-3] [5] On May 1," Chinese literature and art "Was launched. [2] On June 12, Taiwan TVBS, Taiwan Era International Co., Ltd. and CCTV signed a contract to transmit CCTV-4 through satellite and cable television networks in Taiwan, and the channel officially entered the Taiwan cable television network. [3] On July 1, CCTV cooperated with the American media company Inka to broadcast a one-hour variety show of CCTV-4 every day. [2-3] On the same day, CCTV-4 entered the Australian Opts cable network, and was officially broadcast on September 1. [3] Australia's Channel 9 and Chinese Channel 31 also broadcast CCTV-4. [2]
On May 5, 1997, China Report switched to daily broadcasts of 15 minutes each. [2-3] On May 30, South African Multi-Choice Television broadcast CCTV-4 via Pan Am 4 and Hot Bird 3 satellites, enabling the channel to be broadcast digitally throughout Africa and Europe. [2-3] In May, the channel was broadcast on 112 cable TV stations in Taiwan, reaching 2.74 million households, accounting for 67% of the 4.1 million total cable TV subscribers in Taiwan. [2] On June 19, the Greek SYNED successfully relayed the program of CCTV-4 from the Athens satellite station. [2] On October 8, North America was covered by the US Galaxy 4 satellite, and viewers in North America could receive the channel directly using an antenna with a diameter of less than 1m. [2] On the evening of November 30, the channel broadcast "Crossing the Starry Sky - Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CCTV International Channel" to overseas live. [2] On December 15, Mexico's Televisa broadcast CCTV-4 to Spanish-speaking regions around the world through its SKY satellite network. [2]
On January 26, 1998, in order to meet the requirements of overseas Chinese in North America to better watch CCTV-4 Chinese programs, CCTV-4 and English transmission channel (China International Television, the predecessor of CGTN) parallel time was adjusted. [3] On May 27, China Central Television (CCTV) and Japan Daifu Co., Ltd. cooperated to broadcast CCTV-4 in Japan, and the channel was named "CCTV Daifu" after the landing. [6] On June 1, CCTV-4 was revised for the first time since its opening. In this revision, the number of channels has been reduced from 68 to 47. [3-4] [6] And the new premiere of" Chinese medicine "And other programs. [49] On the same day, CCTV-4 was officially launched in Japan. [5] On August 21," People's Daily Overseas Edition "Began to publish CCTV-4 fixed program broadcast schedule, which further expanded the influence of international channels overseas. [7]
In February 1999, CCTV-4 received permission from the Supreme Council of Audiovisual of France to launch the Noos cable television network in Paris. [5-6] In the same month, CCTV-4 has been directly connected to the Internet or households in 119 countries and regions, and a total of 14 transponders of nine satellites around the world transmit the signal of the channel. [3] From September 27 to October 10, in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, CCTV-4 launched the "China TV Week" exhibition and broadcast activities, and 190 TV institutions from 137 countries and regions participated. [7] In November, CCTV-4 was launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [5] From December 19 to 21, CCTV-4 reported the grand event of Macao's return with 38 hours of Chinese program, which was broadcasted in whole or in part by 92 overseas TV agencies. [3] [6]
On February 7, 2000, CCTV-4 was revised for the second time, focusing on optimizing program layout and expanding program capacity. News 60 minutes (Beijing time 8:00" China news "Predecessor). [3-6] In July, CCTV signed a contract with France's Paris Cable Television Network to broadcast CCTV-4. [5] In the same year, CCTV-4 entered the two live broadcasting platforms of Jade Interactive and China Television Network respectively, and achieved landing in the Chinese communities in Australia and New Zealand. [6]
In 2001, CCTV and News Group signed a cooperation agreement, so that CCTV-4 landed in the mainstream society of the United States, television publicity has made a breakthrough. On May 30, Kenya began broadcasting CCTV-4. [3] On July 13, CCTV-4, CCTV-1 and CCTV-5 jointly broadcast the Beijing Olympic bid special program "New Olympics". [41] In the same year, CCTV-4 landed in a large area in Europe, and signed a contract with Norway (landing CCTV-4 in Northern Europe). According to the survey, 108 television agencies in 96 countries and regions regularly broadcast all CCTV-4 programs, and 49 television agencies in countries and regions do not regularly use part of CCTV-4 programs. [5]
In March 2002, Taiwan authorities banned CCTV-4. In August, it was rebroadcast by Taiwan ERA Company. It was rebroadcast on September 30 by Eastern Media Group in Taiwan. [3] [6] On September 2, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the broadcast, CCTV-4 was revised for the third time, with the purpose of "strengthening news, highlighting the station, promoting culture, and gathering the essence", and proposed the slogan of "news at the whole point, updates every time". The frequency of news programs increased, the number of Taiwan-related columns increased, and special columns were greatly integrated, with a total of 39 columns. The revised edition launched 24 times on the hour news and" Travel around China "" Sports Online "" Enjoy the five continents "And other columns, into an all-Chinese foreign TV channel, so that CCTV-4 better to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, overseas Chinese" four in one "Chinese channel direction. [3-4] [6] From December 22 to 29, the first Cross-Straits Knowledge Contest jointly held by CCTV and Taiwan's Zhongtian Television Station was broadcast on CCTV-4. [7]
In January 2003, "Chinese Love" was launched. On January 11, a large-scale interview program "Face to Face" was launched on CCTV-1, and a replay was set up on CCTV-4. Starting at 10:41:40 Beijing time on March 20, CCTV-4 began the full coverage Iraq War . From the outbreak of the war on March 20 to April 10, the channel broadcast a total of 328 hours, first broadcast 1,450 news, rolling subtitles published 13,400 news, invited more than 40 experts, and used simultaneous interpretation. After the Iraq War entered the phase of stalemate, the channel combined with the process of the war, and rushed to produce and broadcast a 30-episode series of special films "The Complete Record of the Iraq War". [3] [6] On May 8, after the end of the main war in Iraq, the channel was revised again, expanding the five-minute hourly news to 10-15 minutes, and there were four one-hour key news throughout the day, so that the news program time of CCTV-4 reached 465 minutes a day, truly becoming an international channel "based on news"; On the same day, "Cross-Strait" was changed to broadcast every day. [3] [6] From May 11 to 17, CCTV-4 and CCTV-1, CCTV-5, CCTV-10 as well as the newly launched CCTV-News channel broadcast the "" Live broadcast" ". 2003, standing at the third pole "- Large-scale live broadcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of man's summit of Mount Everest". [42]
On January 6-7, 2004, "Chinese Love - Global Excellent Original Chinese Songs large-scale Concert" and "Chinese Love - Love in the world - Global Excellent Original Chinese Songs Large-scale concert" were recorded in Beijing Workers' Stadium, and were broadcast on CCTV-4 on the third and seventh day of the first lunar month of the same year. [7] post-voluminous Chinese sentiment "Became a regular program of CCTV-4. In September, CCTV-4 was officially broadcast on Russia's NTV+ satellite live broadcast platform, and the two sides officially signed a cooperation agreement in April of that year, and the pilot broadcast on the platform began on July 25. [5-6] On October 4, the National Treasure Archives was launched, and on October 17, CCTV-4 officially entered the Cuban cable television network. [3]
From August 25 to September 27, 2005, CCTV-4 launched a series of live reports to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, "Live Xinjiang", the program team along the eastern, southern, western and northern parts of Xinjiang to make a circular promotion route. Select the points that best reflect Xinjiang's economic and social development, best represent Xinjiang's regional ethnic autonomy development achievements, best represent Xinjiang's multi-ethnic harmonious coexistence and historical and cultural characteristics, and conduct interviews and on-site reports [35] . In September, CCTV reached an agreement with Malaysia MiTV Television Co., LTD., and CCTV-4 was broadcast as a whole channel for the first time in Malaysia, achieving a historic breakthrough. [5] Since 2005, CCTV-4 has provided live broadcasts and public signals for regular press conferences of The State Council Information Office (International Communication Office of the CPC Central Committee) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee). [8]
Chinese international channel period
On January 30, 2006, CCTV-4 officially added the second-level logo of "China Central Television Chinese International Channel", and adopted the abbreviation "Chinese International" when the first-level logo "CCTV-4" appeared, and carried out the fourth revision, and formulated the new strategic goal of the channel - to build a platform for global Chinese sharing. Namely, "Responsible discourse expression and output platform of great powers, comprehensive display platform for China's development and opportunities, mainstream communication platform for the rise of Chinese culture, and global Chinese emotional sharing and exchange platform", from the guiding ideology, greatly strengthen the concept of Chinese, founded" Chinese world "And other columns; [3-4] [6] The "China News" was changed to the red title, and the former "Concise News" was renamed "News Express". In late April, CCTV and Vietnam Digital Television jointly signed the "Agreement to broadcast CCTV's three international channels in Vietnam", the Vietnamese side in its digital TV broadcast network in full broadcast CCTV-4, the signal coverage throughout Vietnam. [3] [5] July 1st 8:30- July 2nd 1:00 am, CCTV-4 launches" Qinghai-tibet railway The 11-hour live broadcast special program "Auspicious Sky Road" reported live on the opening ceremony of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the whole process of passenger train operation. [43] On July 17, CCTV-4 aired a 33-episode large-scale television documentary produced by the channel. The Yangtze River Each episode is 30 minutes long. [3] [9] On August 30, CCTV-4 was broadcast nationwide in Cuba. [5] On September 2, the series of live shows "West Coast of the Strait" was officially launched, and from September 8-27 on CCTV-4 and Fujian Radio, Film and Television Group Southeast TV Broadcast, the program takes the form of a daily mobile live broadcast, a comprehensive reflection of the development of the west Coast of the Taiwan Strait and the inseparable relationship with Taiwan. [6]
On January 1, 2007 at 4:00, Beijing time, based on the development trend of overseas international television networks, according to the local audience's viewing habits and viewing needs, CCTV-4 is the Asian version, the European version and the American version. [3] [5-6] On January 19, CCTV held the signing ceremony of the Great Wall North America platform in Canada. On February 15, China TV Great Wall (Canada) platform launched in Canada, officially launched on April 17, the initial integrated channels include CCTV-4 (American version). [5] In June, CCTV-4 aired an eight-episode TV documentary" Hong Kong decade ". [3] [9] On July 1, the "China News" was changed to red and yellow, and the "News Express" was merged into the "News Express". China news ". December 31, Hong Kong Asia Television A digital channel began broadcasting CCTV-4 (Asia version), covering the entire territory of Hong Kong [5] . Originally broadcast on Channel 172, the channel was switched to Channel 15 on April 1, 2009 Asian Television Cultural Information Channel (continue broadcasting).
In March 2008, CCTV-4 aired a 20-episode high-definition TV documentary series. Drink from the same river Each episode is 47 minutes long. [3] [6] On April 22, the first "Chinese Language Competition for Overseas Students in China" jointly organized by the Office of the National Leading Group for the Promotion of Chinese Language as an International (Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban) and the former Overseas Program Center of CCTV was officially launched. [7] Starting from May 4, CCTV-4 launched the Olympic special program "See China with the Torch", showing the construction achievements of 113 cities within the torch relay to show the world modern China. [47] May 12, "May 12" Wenchuan earthquake After the incident, the channel launched a special live program of "Unity of Strength Earthquake relief". [48] It lasted for 22 days and launched 304 live broadcasts, with a total duration of more than 220 hours and nearly 5,100 news items (times). [3] July 28," Asia Today "Was launched. [3] From August 6 to 24, CCTV-4 was in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Every day during the period of 4:00-6:00, 7:00-9:00, 12:00-14:00, 21:00-23:00 four periods launched" Olympic China "Special. 39 - [40] In September, according to CCTV and Voice of Vietnam The agreement signed by the radio station on the landing of some programs of CCTV-4/9, CCTV authorized the program of CCTV-4 to be officially broadcast on the Voice of Vietnam TV station, and the signal coverage of 50% of the entire territory of Vietnam. In the same month, CCTV signed a landing agreement with UAE Asian Business TV for some programs of CCTV-4/9, and the programs of CCTV-4 (Asia version) were translated into Arabic and broadcast locally. [3] [5] That year, CCTV-4 (Asia Edition) and other provincial international channels were approved by Taiwan's "Executive Yuan Information Bureau" in Taiwan In the China Telecom MOD for hotel broadcast (by Great Wall platform Joint operation). On November 15, CCTV, the Publicity Department of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee, the Guangxi Radio, Film and Television Bureau, Guangxi TV station Jointly launched a large-scale series of live TV reports celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Live broadcast Guangxi "Officially launched, [33] It was broadcast on CCTV-4 and Guangxi TV from November 16 to 30, and the program team started from Nanning and traveled to 14 prefecture-level cities in Guangxi along the northern, eastern, southern, western and central lines to conduct interviews and live reports. On November 20, CCTV-4 and other satellite transmission signals have achieved complete global coverage. [5] In December, in order to commemorate the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up, CCTV-4 launched a series of special programs to commemorate the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up in the programs of "News 60 Minutes", "China News", "Chinese Literature and Art", "Happy Five Continents" and "Chinese World". [51] 50 -
From April 18 to May 7, 2009, CCTV-4, Fujian Radio, Film and Television Group and Taiwan TVBS jointly launched a 20-episode series of live programs - Live Taiwan. The program takes the form of mobile live broadcast, one place a day, from north to south, from west to east, 7 cities and 16 counties in Taiwan Province. [34] On May 12, CCTV-4 launched a commemorative "May 12" at 13:00-21:00 on the same day. Wenchuan earthquake The first anniversary of the 8-hour live special program "Chinese Spirit Wenchuan Witness". [46] 45 - On July 22, CCTV-4 launched the "Century Total solar eclipse Through live special programs, dynamic news, in-depth interviews and other ways to carry out concentrated reports. [54] On August 1, in order to further strengthen and improve the news and publicity work and improve the international communication capacity, CCTV-4 was revised for the fifth time. With the goal of "enriching news information, improving the timeliness of news, strengthening news commentary, and disseminating Chinese views", it has also increased arts and television programs to attract overseas audiences. [3-5] " Happy Chinese "" Deepin International "Premiered at the same time. Since September 15, in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, CCTV-4 has launched a series of "Walking the First Street" reports in the key time "China News" program. [52] On October 21, CCTV and the Maldives Satellite positioning Communication Company officially signed the CCTV-4 (Asian version) landing agreement, landing in 30 designated star hotels. At this point, CCTV-4 (Asian version) landing projects have spread across major countries in South Asia. [3] From December 11 to 18, CCTV-4 aired an 8-episode TV documentary" Decade of Macau ". [3]
In April 2010, CCTV-4 (Asia version) was broadcasted by New Zealand Chinese Television in the form of terrestrial digital signal coverage. [3] On July 19, Asia Today officially launched a news exchange cooperation with TVM, the national television station of the Maldives, and the two sides began to exchange news programs via satellite. [5] On October 8, the signing ceremony of CCTV-4 in Monaco was held in the Monaco Pavilion of Shanghai Expo Park. Under the agreement, CCTV-4 (European version) has access to the basic level of the cable television network covering the entire territory of Monaco, as well as access to more than 10 hotels accounting for more than 90% of the total number of hotels in Monaco. [5] On December 1 at 4:00, Beijing time, the channel was revised for the sixth time, which adhered to the purpose of "inheriting Chinese civilization and serving Chinese people around the world", and expanded from "news based comprehensive channel" to "news and culture" comprehensive channel. [3-5] After the revision, the channel began to introduce bilingual subtitles in Chinese and English in some special programs and some TV dramas. Journey of civilization "" City 1 against 1 "" Home far away "And other columns have been launched, and later in the" Today's attention Add an English title.
On March 1, 2011, Asia Television stopped broadcasting CCTV-4 (Asia version) and replaced it with CCTV-1 (Hong Kong version). Hong Kong pay TV platforms, public antennas and some hotels still broadcast the channel. On May 19, the Great Wall (Europe) platform entered the trial broadcast of the largest digital cable network in France, basically realizing the full coverage of the Great Wall platform and CCTV-4 (European version) in France, and covering Belgium and Luxembourg. [5] On July 7, CCTV held a landing ceremony of CCTV-4 (Asian version) in Kuala Lumpur. [3] [5] In July, CCTV-4 founded the Audience Club, which is a channel based audience club of CCTV, and has become a bridge and bond connecting audiences at home and abroad. [3] At the end of August, CCTV signed a contract with the Japanese version of CCTV-4 (Asia version) in cooperation with Japan's Daifu Company. [3] [5]
On January 22, 2012, CCTV-4 (Asian version) officially began broadcasting in Japanese. Below the white spoon logo, the note is changed from "Chinese Language broadcasting" to "2 カ Chinese language broadcasting (that is, Chinese and Japanese bilingual broadcasting)". On September 1, Canada-North America Chinese-English TV selected "Cross-Strait", "Chinese Medicine", "Happy Chinese" and other columns in its cable channels. In July, CCTV-4 (American version) was launched on the Canadian channel. [3] On October 26, CCTV-4 (American version) officially landed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and was broadcast on its internal TV system, which filled the gap of no Chinese TV channels in the system. [3] During the London Olympic Games from July 28 to August 13, CCTV-1 (Hong Kong edition) and CCTV-4 (Asia edition) for the first time live broadcast China News during part of the morning and morning hours. On November 24, "We Walk Together - The 20th Anniversary of the Chinese International Channel and the 2012 Overseas Loyal Audience Award Gala" was broadcast on the channel. [44]
From January 1, 2013, CCTV-4 changed the channel packaging, adding two new packaging with red folded fusion "4" logo, and the old packaging in 2010. Due to CCTV's strengthening of the audit of public service advertisements, the Asian, European and American editions display the "public service advertisement logo" with color blocks in the upper right corner when broadcasting public service advertisements. That year," Foreigners in China "Was launched. On May 27, Asia, Europe and the United States cut into the new site of CCTV. In August, CCTV-4 aired a seven-episode TV documentary" Longevity code Each episode is 45 minutes long.
In 2014, CCTV-4 (Asia version) ceased to be broadcast in Taiwan (due to cross-strait relations, Chunghwa Telecom MOD official website is not officially included in the channel number, regarded as air frequency). On June 1, CCTV Dafu HD signal was launched, and the HD version of CCTV-4 (Asia version) was broadcast in internal test. On June 2, the channel launched a special program of Chinese traditional festivals, "Legendary Chinese Festival", which carried out global multi-point live broadcasting of traditional Chinese festivals such as Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. On December 25, the format of most 16:9 programs on CCTV-4 was changed from letterbox mode to horizontal compression, horizontal compression broadcast 16:9 programs, and the 2010 packaging was discontinued. At 23:00 Beijing time, with the revision of Asia Today, some news programs of CCTV-4 began to be produced and broadcast in the CCTV headquarters building. CCTV Dafu channel standard definition signal is still 4:3 broadcast, "China News" part of the time began to horizontal compression 16:9 format broadcast.
Since January 1, 2015, all live news programs of CCTV-4 have been produced in the CCTV headquarters building, all in 16:9 format. From January 1 to March 6, the channel aired 100 episodes of large-scale documentary" Remember homesickness Season 1 (60 episodes), 30 minutes each. [10] From March 25 to 30, 6 episodes of Tibet-related TV documentary" Third pole ". [11] Since April 1, CCTV-4 Asia, Europe, and the United States three editions of the standard definition platform to 16:9 format. On April 15, CCTV-4 (Asia version) was officially broadcast in HD. On July 11, Taiwan's cable Channel 14 broadcast CCTV-4 (Asia version) in standard definition and resumed broadcasting under the name "CH14". From November 9 to 15, CCTV-4 aired 7 episodes of large-scale TV documentary" inherit "(Season 1), 50 minutes per episode. [12] In the third quarter of that year, CTV Great Wall (Canada) platform broadcast CCTV-4 (Americas version) and other programs through the cable and satellite channels of Canadian telecommunications operator Shaw.
From January 3 to March 4, 2016, CCTV-4 aired 100 episodes of large-scale documentary" Remember homesickness Season 2 (60 episodes). [13] On February 5, CCTV-4 Europe HD became available in France and people can access CCTV-4 Europe HD through five local operators - SFR, SFR Reunion, FREE, VIRGIN and Numericable - in partnership with Great Wall Platform. From March 9 to 13, CCTV-4 aired a 5-episode TV documentary" The Maritime Silk Road Each episode is 45 minutes long. [14] On March 20, China's first global media news commentary column Chinese public opinion field It began airing on CCTV-4, and Asia Today canceled its Sunday broadcast on the same day. [15] In October, China's first national history program" National memory In the same month, the channel made some adjustments to the programming of the Asian, European and American editions. [16] As of 2016, the number of overseas audience clubs of Chinese International Channel has reached 12.
From January 3 to March 30, 2017, CCTV-4 aired the documentary" Remember Homesickness Season 3 (60 episodes). On April 27, 16 overseas viewers from 9 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Spain, spontaneously organized a "family visit" back to CCTV-4, talked with channel producers, hosts and directors, and participated in the live recording of "Chinese Situation". On May 12, the channel and APUS held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. [1]
In 2018, the cross-cultural documentary program" Chinese margin Landing on CCTV-4, the program adopts the innovative way of "series documentary + fusion media studio + China margin theme conference" to tell a variety of wonderful stories of China and the world.
On October 14, 2019, the channel revised the morning news program and launched the news information program" Global Today ". [17] On October 16, the channel was upgraded and launched a food program" Gastronomy China ". [18] On October 20, the Art show" Global variety show The program covers music, dance, acrobatics, magic and other genres. [19] On November 16, the channel launched a large-scale geographical name cultural program" China Geographical Names Conference ". [37]
On September 29, 2020, the live broadcast satellite platform added the transmission of "CCTV-4 HD" (channel number 4). [55]
On January 2, 2021, the channel launched the high-end personality interview program" Interview with Lu Jian ". [20]
On July 16, 2022, the channel launched the program "Exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations". Encounter civilization ". [36]
On October 29, 2023, launched a large-scale health column "Healthy China" [58]

Beacon evolution

October 1, 1992 - December 31, 1992: The fourth program of CCTV uses the "butterfly label", plus the double-line "4" logo, which appears in the lower left corner of the TV picture, only at the half hour and the beginning of the program.
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January 1, 1993 - May 31, 1998: Appears in the top left corner of the television frame and begins to hang around the clock.
June 1, 1998 - July 8, 2001: The use of silver-gray transparent (double-line in the promotional film) "CCTV", but only on the TV channel picture, the top right corner changed to a dish (the dish was activated at 6:00 on June 1, 1998). The translucent "CCTV-4".
On July 9, 2001, CCTV Chinese International Channel officially began to use the English two-line "CCTV-4" logo.
On January 1, 2011, CCTV officially changed the channel logo, which added the words "Chinese international" below the logo, and shared with the Asian, European and American editions. [21]
From January 1, 2023, the HD signal broadcast screen of the channel will no longer be marked with the word "HD". [64]
Station mark

Arrangement scheme

broadcast
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Time slot scheduling

Scheduling adjustment
On September 20, 1997, the English language transmission channel was launched worldwide. [5] Some English language programs are broadcast on CCTV-4 and CCTV-9. From June 27 to July 2, CCTV-4 reported the grand return of Hong Kong with 72 hours of Chinese programs, and 125 television stations in 68 countries and regions around the world broadcast CCTV-4 and other live broadcasts. [2] On October 3, CCTV-4 canceled the show in order to accommodate audiences in Europe and the United States. News broadcast "And" CCTV-1 It was later rebroadcast in the early hours of the morning (after a split on January 1, 2007, the rebroadcast time was adjusted).
On June 1, 1998, CCTV-4 was revised for the first time since its opening. The number of channels has been reduced from 68 to 47, the programming of channels has been changed from 8 hours to 6 hours to 1 unit, and the programming schedule has been arranged according to 4 time zones. This revision, founded the" Chinese medicine "And other columns, the broadcast time of news columns increased to 38% of the total broadcast throughout the day; The coverage of China Report has been broadened and expanded to a daily edition of 30 minutes each. According to the viewing habits and requirements of overseas audiences, the broadcasting time of entertainment programs has been increased on weekends. The revision aims to highlight the overall image and establish the main style of the channel, marking the beginning of CCTV-4 to embark on the development road of channel specialization. [3-4] [6]
On February 7, 2000, the channel based on the main viewing time in the three key regions of Asia, North America and Western Europe, the program layout was changed from 6 hours 1 unit to 8 hours 1 unit, and the rolling broadcast three times throughout the day to arrange the broadcast time. In terms of expanding the program capacity, the number of live broadcasts of news has increased from 4 to 6, and the daily premiere volume of news and news programs has increased from 3.7 to 4.4 hours. China News 60 Minutes. [22]
On September 2, 2002, CCTV-4 underwent its second revision since its 10th anniversary. After the revision, all foreign language programs originally broadcast on CCTV-4 were withdrawn and it became an all-Chinese foreign channel. The original 4-hour English program on the channel was moved to the original CCTV-9 English International channel (CCTV-9). China International Television The predecessor of CGTN). Moreover, in terms of program arrangement, thematic and stylistic programs are arranged in a unit of 8 hours to facilitate the viewing of audiences in different time zones, and programs are arranged in accordance with international practices to increase the amount of entertainment programs on Saturday and Sunday. The number of newscasts has increased from six to 24 (including a repeat of the Newscast). In addition to retaining "China News", "News 60 Minutes", "Oriental Time", "Focus Interview", "Truth", "China Report" and other columns, also added "Concise news" and "Financial News" columns, the hour news column named "News". The number of broadcast shows increased by 71%. "Cross-strait", "The End of the World together at this time" and "Interactive Sunday" (formerly "Into Taiwan") have correspondingly increased the premiere time, added the service column "Cross-Strait know-everything", and retained the "Min Nan Dialect time" and "Taiwan Encyclopedia". The number of special columns has been reduced from the original 14 to 7, and the original Chinese Medicine, Oriental Fashion, Yulin Anecdotes, and Hua Xia Civilization have been retained. The original Chinese Wind, Traveler, Record China, Family of Nations, Oriental Home, and Qianqiu Historical Stories have been merged into a general column program, "Travel Across China", which is one column every day and lasts 30 minutes each. Unified planning, unified topic selection. Add sports section. New columns such as "The Contract of the General" and "Sports Online" were launched. Set up by the targeted art column. In addition to retaining "Chinese literature and Art", "Shenzhou Opera Circle" and "Happy Gathering Together", the column of literature and art added "Five Continents with Music". The selection range of outstanding programmes from all over the station has been increased from 18 to 45. [23]
On January 30, 2006, CCTV-4 was revised for the third time. After the revision, CCTV-4 has more personality characteristics of an international channel, and also strengthens its overseas pertinity, inclusiveness and internationalization. The revised version maintained a comprehensive channel positioning with news as the main, supplemented by special topics, arts, and service programs, further reflected the purpose of strengthening Taiwan-related communication and serving overseas Chinese, expanded the types of meta-programs, and shut down and transferred the original disadvantaged programs sponsored by themselves or by the community. After this revision, the number of columns was reduced from the original 37 to 34. The columns withdrawn or cancelled in this revision are: "Happy gathering", "Shenzhou Theatre", "China in change", "Chinese civilization", "Let the world know you", "face to face with the Editor-in-Chief", "Eastern Time", "Honest", "Weekly quality report", "Taiwan Encyclopedia", "Cross-Strait know-all", "Min Nan Dialect time", "Science and Technology Expo", "China", "Global news" and "Sun Red" and so on. The newly added quality columns of other channels in the whole Taiwan are: "New Audiovisual", "Performing Arts Arena", "Happy Post", "Music and painting fashion", "Service for You", "Life", "Telling" and other columns. Still retained the whole station's columns are: "News broadcast", "Art Life", "Discovery". The newly created self-run columns are: "Chinese World", "Olympic China", "Global 360", "Chinese love", "Taiwan business story", "Fate", "Taiwan Vientiane" and "Direct to Hong Kong". The self-produced programmes that remain are: "China News", "News 60 minutes", "Today's Concern", "All Over China", "Chinese Medicine", "Oriental Fashion", "General's Covenant", "The Five Continents", "Chinese literature and Art", "The End of the world together at this time", "Sports Online", "Cross-Strait", "National Treasure archives", "Interactive Sunday" (2007 renamed "Interactive Space") and so on. In addition, the rolling news was renamed "News Express", and some personalized news columns were set up, such as "Sports News", "Economic news" and "Global Express". In addition to the original 19:00 TV series, there is a classic theater in the afternoon, broadcasting two episodes of TV series each time, and two episodes of classic cartoons on Saturday and Sunday. [24 to 25]
On January 1, 2007, CCTV-4 was revised again, and CCTV-4 was divided from a single version into three editions of Asia, Europe and the United States. The revised version strengthened the news-oriented channel positioning and realized live news on the hour. The live news on the hour was increased from the original 13 times to 17 times in Asia, 18 times in Europe and 17 times in America. Total news volume increased by 11.85%, 11.41% and 10.51%, respectively. At the same time, another important change in this expansion is that the concept of a single channel is broken through in the programming of the new Chinese international channel. According to the characteristics of the audience in different regions, a number of high-quality programs were selected to be broadcast in the three editions, of which the Asian edition added "Lecture Room", "Everyone" and "Daily Diet"; The number of European and American boutique columns increased by 8.39% and 7.89% respectively, including both cultural programs "Lecture Room" and "Everyone", as well as service programs "Daily Diet", "Fortune Story" and "Sunset Red"; Both children's program "Big Windmill", and literature and art category "Quyuan Miscellan" "Grand Stage of China" "Happy China" "China Music TV". In addition, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has become one of the hot spots in the world, so the European and American editions have combined the "Beijing 2008" column of the CCTV Sports channel, and added the "Olympic China" column, which is broadcast in the Asian, European and American editions. [27] The program time was changed from 8 (hours) ×3 to 12 (hours) ×2 per day to increase the number of program premieres. After the expansion, viewers in Asia, Europe, the Americas and the corresponding regions with satellite TV coverage can receive TV programs that are suitable for local schedules and viewing habits. [3] [5-6] [26]
1 August 2009," Asia Today "" Chinese literature and art "Expansion for Monday to Sunday through the whole week broadcast," China News "again changed to red title, the original morning" News 60 minutes "Column changed to" China News "at 8:00 Beijing time. [3]
On July 1, 2015, CCTV-4 Asia, Europe, and the United States changed the news programming from 6:00 am to 9:00 AM. Repeat the previous day's "Across the Strait" (Asia edition) at 6:00, repeat the previous day's "Asia Today" (Asia Edition) at 6:30 (China Public Opinion Forum launched at the end of March 2016, after Asia Today cancelled its Sunday broadcast, repeat the "Foreigners in China" at 6:30 on Monday, On Mondays after October 2016, rebroadcast the previous week's Deepin International at 6:30 am) and the previous day's Concern Today at 21:30 PM (Asia edition) at 7:30 am. 7:00 China News 30 '(Asia edition), 8:00 China News 60' (Asia, Europe, the United States edition) unchanged.
On January 1, 2016, CCTV-4 promoted the revision and upgrading of the columns in an orderly manner, and the broadcast time of some programs was adjusted. Among the programs canceled: "The Golden Theater," [28] Among them, "Asia Today" was changed to 19:30 Beijing time for the first time and revised, adding a "news eye" section, 14:00 and 18:00 "China News" canceled Sunday broadcast (later restored 14:00 "China News" on Saturday and Sunday in the European version and American version broadcast; 18:00 "China News" cancelled the broadcast of Saturday in the Asian version and resumed the broadcast of Sunday three editions, and only broadcast in the European version and the American version on Saturday), "National Treasure Archives" cancelled the broadcast on Saturday, and the premiere or replay time of "City 1 to 1", "Happy Chinese" and "Distant Home" were also adjusted. In October, the arrangement of CCTV-4 was adjusted again, "The End of the World Together" was changed to "National Memory", "Chinese Literature and Art" canceled the Sunday edition, and the European and American editions added meta-programs.
Orchestration mode
CCTV-4 programs and advertisements are arranged according to time slots. In commercial advertisements, there are more old columns and guide time such as "Cross-Strait", "Travel Across China", "Chinese Literature", etc., while some columns and guide time such as "Distant Home" are less. Some columns such as "Foreigners in China" and "Happy Chinese" and some guide time in the morning have no commercial advertisements or irregularly insert commercial advertisements. Under special circumstances such as the Spring Festival Gala, the Asian version of the patch commercial advertisements or not broadcast overseas (similar to CCTV-1 (Hong Kong version), also similar to the practice of some provincial international channels - some provincial international channels broadcast on the provincial cable TV platform at the same time, not only the program arrangement is different from the overseas version broadcast on the Great Wall platform, but also some local medical advertisements, etc. Such as Hunan International Channel).
CCTV-4 (European version and American version) only broadcasts commercial advertisements during the live news period, and only broadcasts guidance during part of the time between programs, while only broadcasts public service advertisements during the advertising period of non-live news programs (no public service advertisements are broadcast during the guide period and the replay period of "Chinese Public Opinion Field").
Patch commercials of live news programs such as "China News", "Today's Concern", "Asia Today" and "Chinese Public Opinion Field" are broadcast globally. Some commercials in CCTV-4 (Asia Edition) are attached to the guide and in non-news live programs, and most of them are patch commercials in news live programs.

Image packaging

On June 1, 1998, CCTV officially introduced the channel packaging program. [2] To CCTV-1 and CCTV-2 packaging began to launch, [8] Cctv-4 also uses a new channel packaging system along with other CCTV channels to change the use of transparent " Cctv-4 "logo (only for TV pictures), the promotional film uses the text type two-line CCTV logo and the letter I and V composed of 4, tape " International channels "and " International "ona solid blue background. CCTV-4 has been broadcast 24 hours a day since that day. [5]
On January 30, 2006, the channel debuted in a new red packaging. [24 to 25]
Since January 1, 2016, CCTV-4 replaced the identification system, with the "Chinese perspective" as the core creativity, and redesigned the channel logo, guide, packaging, music, etc., focusing on the characteristics of the channel, strengthening the international expression, and effectively enhancing the brand identity of the channel.
At the beginning of 2017, the 2016 edition packaging and series ID design of CCTV Chinese International Channel won two Asian Design Gold Awards awarded by the International Television Packaging Design Conference (Promax&BDA), and "Paper-cut ID" won the Best animation Silver award (the award is internationally recognized as the highest award in the field).

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Regular program

News, interviews
" News broadcast "(Replay) (Live broadcast with CCTV1, CCTV7 and CCTV13 for major news events)
Authoritative Publication (co-organized with The State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office and The State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office)
Documentary, literature and education
Healthy China [58]
Television theater
Classic Theatre (Asian Version)
TV Series (European and American Versions)
A collection of programs from other CCTV channels (only available in the European and American versions)
" Animation city "(Overseas edition)
Note: All the European and American versions of the other channels of CCTV in the table above are not broadcast in the Asian version [2] (The satellite signal of the broadcast channel of the relevant program has covered the Asia-Pacific region). The Asian, European, and American editions occasionally feature documentaries, feature films, and other special programs. [29]

Seasonal program

" Legendary Chinese Festival (Only broadcast on Chinese traditional festivals such as New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Torch Festival) [56]
" The news room (Live with CCTV-1, CCTV-13 and other channels) [38]
"Grand Parade" (Live broadcast with CCTV-1, CCTV-7 and News channel)
" China Media Group Spring Festival Gala (Live with CCTV-1, CCTV-3, CCTV-4, CCTV-7, CCTV-14 and CCTV-17)
" Central Radio and Television Group Mid-Autumn Festival party (Produced since 1999, live with CCTV-1 and CCTV-3)

Documentary series

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Cantonese News (Cantonese version of China News)
"Interactive Space" (" Interactive Sunday ", "Into Taiwan")
English News
French News
" Brief news "(News Letter)
" fate "
Chinese Civilization
Financial Times News
Changing China
Tales of a Thousand Autumnian History
Encyclopedia of Taiwan
A Glimpse of China
Beijing 2008
" Global time "(Global Express)
" live "
Minnan Dialect Time
" Chinese style "(Screen Show)
"Traveler" (" China Tourism ")
Record China
Oriental Fashion
Anecdotes in the Forest
The Family of Nations
Economic News
Local Accent
Weekend Cinema
Happy China · Learn Chinese
Friends of the Audience
The Golden Theatre
Out West
" master "
" Animation city "(Asian Edition)
" Dialogue "
Global Chinese News
Light of China -- Annual Person of the Year for disseminating Chinese Culture
CCTV-4 audience fellowship and loyal audience selection activities
" Listen to me, world -- Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao University Debate Competition (formerly Cross-Strait Knowledge Competition) Running class -- Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Chinese Culture Knowledge Competition)
"..." Chinese bridge " Global Chinese Language Conference for Foreigners (Original "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Language Competition for International Students in China" I had my first intimate experience with China ")

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Award record

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2017-02-17
Asian Design Gold Award
Channel packaging and series ID
International Television Packaging Design Conference (Promax&BDA)
2017-02-17
Silver Award for Best animation
Paper-cut ID
International Television Packaging Design Conference (Promax&BDA)
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Social evaluation

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With the purpose of "inheriting Chinese civilization and serving Chinese people around the world", CCTV Chinese International Channel has built a bridge of emotional communication between CCTV Chinese International Channel and overseas audiences, and has become an important platform for interaction and communication with Chinese people. ( Sina.com review ) [31]
China Central Television International promotes media integration in depth. According to the channel characteristics of "News + culture", it presents the current situation of contemporary China as well as its culture, history, culture and natural scenery in an all-round way, satisfying the diverse needs of overseas audiences of different ages and cultural levels, and enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture. ( Ifeng.com review )