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CCTV

(中国中央电视台)

CCTV

中国中央电视台

China Central Television is the predominant state television broadcaster in China. Founded in 1958, it serves as one of the chief propaganda arms of the Communist government. In 2016, CCTV rebranded its international networks as China Global Television Network (CGTN).

Chairman / President

Shen Haixiong

Industry

Comms, Publishing & Media

Website

cctv.com

Headquarters address

CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Year founded

1958

China’s state broadcaster CCTV has faced a backlash over a short film produced with delivery giant Meituan that depicted food delivery work as a path to freedom and dreams. Photo: CCTV

Trending in China

China CCTV removes short film that ‘romanticises’ food delivery work after backlash

‘Fairy tale’ video which says often dangerous job with long hours brings workers ‘closer to their dreams’ is branded ‘disgusting’ by critics.

17 Dec 2025 - 2:00PM

China-Japan relations

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China's military weapons

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China’s Communist Party

China’s fake name scandal sparks warnings about government credibility and graft

Construction bids, social security card records and university lists among public documents found to feature imaginary people.

13 Dec 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Institutions across China have been caught using entries from the same popular names list on documents unearthed by the media and online sleuths. Photo: Weibo/ 中国新闻周刊

Trending in China

China woman pays US$130 for weight-loss jabs promising 3.5kg loss per shot, vomits blood

Careful 28-year-old only takes half recommended dose, suffers nausea, appetite loss before slipping into a critical condition.

9 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM

Law

China’s move to seal records of offences like drug use sparks public backlash

New rule takes effect on January 1 and means the offences will no longer be attached to a person’s identity information.

3 Dec 2025 - 2:11PMvideocam

Science

China’s ‘dirt cheap’ missiles could shake up global defence market: state media

The ‘cement-coated’ YKJ-1000 could prove ‘formidably competitive’ internationally if sold at the relatively cheap price of US$99,000.

2 Dec 2025 - 11:47PMvideocam

The YKJ-1000 can reach speeds of up to Mach 7. Photo: Handout

Trending in China

China Olympic champion plans to shed 25kg upon retirement before pursuing marriage

‘Masculine’ shot putter who has faced taunts about her looks during star-studded career says she is a ‘little girl’ in her heart.

30 Nov 2025 - 4:00PM

Trending in China

China boy, 14, acts like ancient scholar, turns bedroom into museum of artefacts

Teenager with a passion for history collects items stretching across China’s dynasties; says packed bedroom is the ‘container of my spirit’.

30 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM

China-Japan relations

Former editor Hu Xijin urges restraint in official media’s criticism of Japan

Ex-Global Times chief warns against ‘exaggerated’ commentary on Sanae Takaichi, though he has called the Japanese leader an ‘evil witch’.

25 Nov 2025 - 11:31AMvideocam

Hu Xijin has called on China’s official media to refrain from using “harsh language that does not reflect the actual situation” when criticising Japan. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images

US-China relations

Ne Zha-Transformers collaboration set to air as US-China frictions ease

Long-awaited shared animated universe of ‘My Ne Zha and Transformers’ seen as fresh symbol of cooperation between the nations.

24 Nov 2025 - 10:35PMvideocam

My Ne Zha and Transformers, due to debut on CCTV’s Children’s Channel on December 6, will see the popular boy deity join forces with the Autobots in a rare fusion of an American commercial franchise and Chinese folklore. Photo: Handout

China-Japan relations

Tokyo complains over video of diplomat appearing to bow to Chinese official

Japan lodges complaint with China over media filming of Liu Jinsong and Masaaki Kanai after their talks, as diplomatic row worsens.

21 Nov 2025 - 6:26PMvideocam

China’s military drills

China’s Fujian carrier completes first training shortly after entering service

‘First maritime live-force training’ since November 5 commissioning comes at a time of growing tensions with Japan over Taiwan comments.

18 Nov 2025 - 10:25PMvideocam

China-Japan relations

Hopes dim as China-Japan talks on Takaichi Taiwan Strait row end with no resolution

Foreign ministry’s Asian affairs chief Liu Jinsong ‘very unsatisfied’ after talks with Japan counterpart, Chinese media reports.

18 Nov 2025 - 10:38PMvideocam

Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told Japan’s parliament the military could be deployed if there was a situation involving an armed attack against Taiwan. Photo: Kyodo

China-Japan relations

No plan for Japan-China meeting at G20 as Taiwan Strait row deepens

Beijing says Premier Li Qiang has not arranged talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

18 Nov 2025 - 10:48AMvideocam

A commentary in People’s Daily on Monday condemned Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on potentially intervening in a Taiwan conflict. Photo: AP

Science

How China’s Fujian aircraft carrier deceived US military experts at launch

In the face of rapidly advancing military technology, conventional experience can be inadequate, misleading even seasoned analysts.

17 Nov 2025 - 10:45AMvideocam

China's military weapons

How did the Chinese navy train talent for the Fujian aircraft carrier?

The process of training operators for the electromagnetic launch catapult on the newly commissioned warship may have started back in 2017.

11 Nov 2025 - 8:27PMvideocam

China’s military drills

PLA uses robot dogs and aerial drones in simulated landing drill aimed at Taiwan

Documentary shows the four-legged military robots taking part in all aspects of the exercise but with some limitations.

31 Oct 2025 - 5:12PMvideocam

A robot dog takes part in a People’s Liberation Army amphibious landing exercise, as shown in a documentary aired on the Chinese mainland. Photo: CCTV

Taiwan

Beijing played up its H-6K bombers in a drill near Taiwan. Who was it for?

Taipei declares CCTV report ‘clearly a public opinion operation aimed at intimidation’, although expert says real target may be elsewhere.

29 Oct 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Science

China unveils ‘ghost’ drone for stealth underwater surveillance

Robot featuring a transparent umbrella-like body and tentacles mimics the movement and mannerisms of jellyfish.

25 Oct 2025 - 10:00PM

China’s military

China ‘showed integrated combat capabilities in locking on US fifth-gen jets’

A PLA J-16 fighter reportedly chased away two foreign planes– believed to be US F-22s – from its air defence identification zone last year.

17 Oct 2025 - 6:24PMvideocam

A Chinese J-16 fighter. The PLA has been replacing its ageing J-7 fighter fleet with advanced J-10C and J-16 multi-role warplanes. Photo: Handout

Myanmar

China airs confession from northern Myanmar crime boss Wei Huairen

The alleged Kokang gang leader tells state broadcaster CCTV that he had been the ‘supreme commander of the border forces’.

16 Oct 2025 - 9:45AMvideocam

State television aired a confession by Myanmar crime boss Wei Huairen. Photo: CCTV

Artificial intelligence

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China’s competitive academic landscape.

15 Oct 2025 - 7:00AM

Science

Ancient Chinese 1,600-year-old love scroll brought back to life with AI

Masterpiece by calligrapher Wang Xianzhi restored in full using artificial intelligence and fragments of the original.

14 Oct 2025 - 4:11PM

Accidents and disasters in China

800 people rescued in China after being stranded by Everest blizzard

Snow that crushed climbers’ tents and cut off all descent routes from the base camp.

9 Oct 2025 - 1:10AMvideocam

CCTV says 580 trekkers and more than 300 local guides and yak porters “safely reached” a relocation point in Qudang in the Tibet autonomous region. Photo: CCTV

Accidents and disasters in China

1 dead in Qinghai, hundreds evacuated as China’s rescue in Everest area continues

200 people still stranded as of Monday morning after unseasonal weather blasts hikers at start of ‘golden week’ holiday.

7 Oct 2025 - 7:04PMvideocam

A rescue effort is underway on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest after an unseasonal blizzard struck on the weekend, stranding hundreds of hikers. Photo: Handout

China's military weapons

China’s J-16 expelled 2 foreign stealth fighter jets last year: report

PLA pilot involved in encounter during coastal training exercise recounts locking onto both aircraft that were ‘approaching us’.

4 Oct 2025 - 9:00PM

Science

China remembers Jane Goodall and her ‘passionate engagement’ on the environment

The beloved conservationist was a frequent and inspiring visitor whose story features in Chinese secondary school textbooks.

3 Oct 2025 - 3:53PMvideocam

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