Focus interview

China Radio and Television Group in-depth news report column
Chinese mainland CCTV comprehensive channel, CCTV News channel On air
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"Focus Interview" is an in-depth news report program launched by CCTV on April 1, 1994. [1-2]
The program reveals illegal and criminal behaviors in many aspects of social life through investigation, tracking and hidden interview and report, and realizes the function of public opinion supervision of TV news programs. [3]
The programme is at 19:40 every day CCTV integrated channel and CCTV News channel Parallel broadcast [2] Under special circumstances, it will be extended or suspended for a period or even broadcast separately on CCTV's comprehensive channel.
Premiere time
1 April 1994
Chinese name
Focus interview [4]
Foreign name
Focus Report
Another name
Eastern Time and Space · Focus moment, time and space report, direct to the scene (predecessor)
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Basic information

Chinese name
Focus interview [4]
Foreign name
Focus Report
alias
Eastern Time and Space · Focus moment, time and space report, direct to the scene (predecessor)
Generic type
In-depth news reporting column
Production country/region
Chinese mainland
Production company
China Media Group News Center [5]
Premiere time
1 April 1994
Network playback platform
CCTV network , Central video , CCTV News , CCTV video and audio
Broadcast status
On air
Duration per episode
15 minutes
Broadcast mode
Recorded broadcast
species
Mandarin Chinese
Now in the studio
News Center, Studio N11
Replay time
Tuesday to Saturday 1:20 3:44 5:17 Sunday to Monday 3:20 (News channel)
The original studio
News Center, Studio 150, News Center, Studio 250 [20-21]
Preparation studio
News Center N07 studio
First seeding
Every day at 19:40

Program form

broadcast
EDITOR

Program introduction

"Focus Interview" was established on April 1, 1994, by CCTV News Commentary Department. It is a TV news commentary program focusing on in-depth reporting and good at public opinion supervision. The public opinion supervision program of "Focus Interview" has been concerned and loved by people for many years, choosing "the government attaches importance to, the masses care about, and the general existence". Speak with facts The policy reflects and promotes the solution of a large number of problems in the process of social progress and development.

Program background

In 1993, in the propaganda work arrangement of the Central Propaganda Department, it was proposed to strengthen news commentary and discuss some hot issues. According to this requirement, the program "Focus Interview" was created. [6]
In early February 1994, the entrepreneurs of Focus Interview held their first formal preparatory meeting at the Media Conference Center. Just taken over as director of the newly formed Department of Journalism and Criticism Sun Yusheng Deputy director Yuan Zhengming , producer Zhang Haichao , Liang Jianzeng Zhang Footman and others took the pulse of the new column to be founded for the first time.

Historical evolution

Premiered on May 1, 1993 Eastern space-time There is a special news column "Focus moment", which is the prototype of "Focus Interview". The format of this column laid the foundation for the later Focus Interview. [18]
On April 1, 1994, "Focus Interview" was officially launched as the evening edition of "Focus Moment" on CCTV 1, broadcast at 19:40 every day, and the flagship column of Chinese news and public opinion supervision was officially born. [25]
At the beginning of the program, a rich baritone voice came out: "Current affairs tracking report, news background analysis, social hot spot perspective, public topic comment, please see the focus Interview every day." Accompanied by intense music, the TV screen showed a simple cluster of city buildings standing on the horizon, and a big eye logo made of blue, green and red rose from it. Since then, this familiar "focus interview" title, presented in front of hundreds of millions of viewers every day; The big eyes that have become the symbol of the "Focus Interview" column have been watching the audience and paying attention to the society since then.
The columns are both in CCTV-2 (CCTV Economy, Life and Service Channel), CCTV-3 (CCTV Opera and Music Channel), CCTV-4 (CCTV International Channel) Replay.
On November 30, 1995, with the launch of CCTV-7 (CCTV Children, Military, agriculture, science and technology channel), Focus Interview was rebroadcast on CCTV-7.
On January 1, 1996, with CCTV-8 ( CCTV art channel ), "Focus Interview" in CCTV-8 Replay. On January 20, due to" Eastern space-time Transition to television News magazine "Focus Moment" was renamed "Time and Space Report" (to distinguish the relationship with "Focus Interview", the name of the evening edition of "Focus Interview" remains unchanged). [7]
Around 1998, due to the renovation of Studio 150, the opening credits were also changed, and the "Focus Interview" animation title was no longer displayed.
On 3 May 1999, in CCTV-8 Be renamed as TV drama channel "Interview in Focus" was canceled CCTV-8 The broadcast of... [16]
TV broadcast images (2009-2012)
On January 1, 2000, Focus Interview replaced the black title, the title song was remixed, and the title title added the dub "Speak with facts, Focus Interview" opening line (by the late former CCTV radio announcer Li Yi Voice acting). Studio 150 was renovated in the same year, with a blue background wall and a rear projection screen.
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TV broadcast Pictures (2013-2020)
On November 27, 2000, due to the revision of "Oriental Time", "Time and Space Report" was renamed "Through the Scene".
On April 1, 2001, "Interview in Focus" changed its color title.
On July 9, 2001, with CCTV-11 ( CCTV drama channel ), "Focus Interview" in CCTV-11 Replay.
On May 12, 2002, with CCTV-12 (formerly CCTV Western Channel) began broadcasting, "Focus Interview" in CCTV-12 Replay.
On May 1, 2003, CCTV News channel Pilot, "In Focus" every day at 19:40 CCTV-1 On the same air as the news channel, while "Spotlight" was canceled CCTV-3 , CCTV-11 The broadcast of...
On October 20, 2003, in CCTV-2 Renamed the Economic Channel, Focus Interview was withdrawn from CCTV-2.
On December 28, 2003, in CCTV-7 After the revision, "Focus Interview" was withdrawn in CCTV-7 The broadcast of...
On December 28, 2004, in CCTV-12 Be renamed as Society and law Channel, "Spotlight Interview" was canceled at CCTV-12 The broadcast of...
On January 30, 2006, CCTV-4 changed its name to Chinese International Channel, and the broadcast of "Focus Talk" was withdrawn from CCTV-4. [17]
On September 28, 2009, due to CCTV-1 To achieve high standard HD broadcast, "Focus interview" broadcast format in HD 16:9 black edge.
On April 1, 2010, the focus interview changed the title of the HD version, the special effects were upgraded, and the animation remained unchanged (in the HD version, the broadcast format is also 16:9 black edge).
Since July 27, 2011, the background of the program has been changed to the large screen of Studio 150 after the second renovation.
On January 1, 2013, the program underwent a major revision, with changes in the opening credits, fine-tuning of the opening song, and re-recording of the opening lines. From the original sit-broadcast to station broadcast, the time is extended to 15 minutes, two messages are broadcast every day, no longer confined to a focus, or can pay attention to two or even more hot topics. The program is closer to the people's livelihood, close to the news, close to the hot spots. Strengthen the moderator's "depth and sharpness" comment function. [29]
On March 7, 2013, the column appeared in the "Two sessions" special program for the first time, and Zhang Quanling visited the studio in the second half of the program to tell about the two sessions as a reporter. [31]
On April 20, 2017, the Focus Interview was broadcast separately by CCTV News Channel due to the special report "Building a Dream and the Journey of Tianzhou 1's First Flight" at 19:40.
On July 2, 2017, due to the CCTV News channel at 19:40 live "Long Five Questions" special report, "Focus Interview" was broadcast by the CCTV comprehensive channel.
Since the end of June 2019, Focus Interview and the other programs of the News and Commentary Department have been managed by the News Program Center of the China Media Group (but are still produced by the News and Commentary Department).
On October 9, 2019, due to the CCTV News channel's live broadcast of the closing ceremony of the 2019 Beijing Expo at 19:40, the "Focus Interview" was broadcast separately by the CCTV comprehensive channel.
April 4, 2020 ( 4·4 National Day of Mourning CCTV channels and a number of channels across the country simultaneously broadcast "Focus Interview".
On July 18, 2020, the new version of "Focus Interview" was changed to 16:9 opening and recorded in Studio N11 of the Headquarters News Center, and high-definition production was achieved, while the original station broadcast was restored to sit.
Starting from January 1, 2021, "Focus Interview" will be broadcast separately on January 1 every year by CCTV Comprehensive Channel, and CCTV News Channel will broadcast "Extraordinary Navigator" at 19:40.
From January 10 to January 11, 2021, the program's studio part will be temporarily broadcast in Studio N07 of the News Center of the Headquarters. [30]
From September 12, 2022, Focus Interview launched seven episodes of special planning "My Decade", which tells the extraordinary stories of ordinary people in the past ten years. [19]
From September 30 to October 5, 2023, Focus Interview launched the National Day special program "Kangzhuang Avenue" to enjoy the rich scenes of Chinese modernization, of which the first program was broadcast in the form of station broadcast in N11 studio, and it was the first station broadcast after the program entered N11 studio. [22]

Program production

"Focus Interview" adopts the structure of a combination of studio hosting and live interview. First, the studio host introduces the theme or topic of the day's program, completes the narration of the main body of facts through the live interview, and then returns to the studio for the host to comment on the event itself [8] The report is grounded and the comments are based, and the statements and comments support each other and complement each other. [28]
The program is mainly simple and stable in the studio layout, with the big screen as the background, prompting the main content of the program that day, the host appears in the form of sitting, giving people a calm and down-to-earth feeling as a whole, fully setting off the connotation and style of the entire program.
The program adopts producer system in program management and production. The producer is the manager of the program and the organizer and gatekeeper of the program creation, as well as the first responsible person of the program, and has the right to decide the entire production of the program, the use of funds and the deployment of personnel. The News and Commentary Department is the first one to introduce the producer system into the production of news programs in China, and the column is also the first batch of experimental fields of this advanced management method that is commonly used in the world. [28]
A group of reporters and hosts who are more recognized by the audience have also established their position in the TV news communication process because they come from the front line of editing and have high journalistic quality and theoretical literacy. They are moving forward step by step from "reporter host" to "host" and China's first generation of TV news commentators in accordance with the goals and processes set by the News Commentary Department and the founders of "Focus Interview". [26]
The production group of the program is composed of nearly 100 producers, hosts, editors, journalists and technicians, who are divided into the central group (the executive agency of the editorial board, responsible for program planning and coordination), the first group of journalists, the second group of journalists, and the international group (which can also provide programs to "Oriental Time · Time Report"). They are engaged in the production of TV news commentary programs once a day. [28]

Program feature

Focus Interview features" Speak with facts To construct the content and its logical structure, strengthen the fact argument and detail description. It's usually the idea first, and then the idea is backed up with facts. "Depth in fact" is the purpose of "Focus Interview" production. Different from other columns, Focus Interview has diversified review structure. [9]

Creative team

broadcast
EDITOR
General producer
Sun Jie
Producer
Liu Nian, Huang Jie
Camera shooting
Fan Jianfeng, Yin Ruike, Zhang Yushan, HU Jichuan, Wang Shengyun
DUB
Technical supervision
Hu Ying
Supervise the production of
Xu Qiang
Executive editor
Wen Na and Chen Zhongyuan
Production supervisor
Qin Weihua, Liu Qianyang
General producer
Producing company
China Radio and Television Group News Program Center
EDITOR
Niu Yanmin, Zhu Jianjian, Bai Lu, Li Li

Presenter/Reporter

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Current chair
Former host
Change it to another show
Have resigned
Have already retired
deceased
other
Kang Ping, Zhao Wei
Fang Hongjin (suspected fraud)
Liang Jianzeng now China Media Group Chief Editor Office)
Li Ting now China Media Group General Convenor, News Programme Centre)
Zhuang Dianjun (Currently the general convenor of the Film, Television and Documentary Center of the China Media Group)
Reference materials: [2] [23-24]

Broadcast impact

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EDITOR
As a result of being widely welcomed by all aspects, a number of programs of "Focus Interview" have won many awards in recent years, among which, "Treasure culture", "Punishment" in accordance with the law ", "huge grain money into water", "Difficult round green dream", "Peace makes desert oasis" and other programs have caused wide response in the society, and won many awards in the national awards. In 1995 and 1996, this column won the title of the Central news unit column selected by the Central Propaganda Department. [28]

Award record

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EDITOR
China News Famous column Award
time
Events
Prize name
November 1999
The first China News Famous Column Award
China News Famous column Award
23 August 2001
The second China News Famous Column Award
China News Famous column Award
August 28, 2007
The 17th China News Awards
China News Column Award
Reference materials: [10-12]

Broadcast information

broadcast
EDITOR
Broadcast platform
Broadcast time
Broadcast mode
Every day at 19:40
premiere
CCTV integrated channel (Hong Kong and Macau version)
Every day at 21:10
Tuesday to Saturday 1:20 3:44 5:17 Sunday to Monday 3:20
rebroadcast
Reference materials: [13]
Note: Under normal circumstances, 19:40 every day, in case of special circumstances (such as news broadcast delay, broadcast of special documentaries, special news reports, Lunar New Year's Eve every year) Year after year Special programs), the program will be delayed or canceled a program or even broadcast alone on the CCTV integrated channel.

Program evaluation

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EDITOR

Positive comment

On December 29, 1997, he was the Premier of The State Council Li Peng During the visit to CCTV, the inscription was "Focus interview, praise the advanced, criticize the backward, and uphold justice." [26]
On October 7, 1998, he was the Premier of The State Council Zhu Rongji I came to CCTV to talk with the editors and reporters of Focus Interview, and solemnly said, "Supervision by public opinion, mouthpiece of the masses, mirror of the government, and spearhead of reform." [25]
On August 26, 2003, he was the Premier of The State Council Wen Jiabao Visiting CCTV, in the studio of Focus Interview, he said, "With the motherland, with the people, with the world, and with The Times." [27]
"Focus Interview" has set up a banner for the supervision of news public opinion and become the benchmark program of Chinese TV news commentary. "Focus Interview" insists on "speaking with facts", excavates the in-depth reporting and interpretation of exclusive themes, brilliantly plays its role in guiding news and public opinion, creates an artistic model of news and public opinion supervision, and sets a "miracle" in Chinese media and public opinion supervision. (People's Daily online review) [14]

Negative evaluation

The criticism intensity of Focus Interview is seriously insufficient, the topic selection is increasing year by year, the topic selection is not targeted, the same as many programs, and the content is vague. (People's Daily online review) [15]