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6:00amDialogue
6:30amRediscovering China
7:00amBiz China
7:30amCulture Express
8:00amNews Updates
8:15amLearn to Speak Chinese
8:30amNature and Science
8:55amChinese Civilization
9:00amNews Updates
9:15amSports Scene
9:30amNew Frontiers
10:00amCCTV News
10:30amDocumentary
11:00amBiz China
11:30amAround China
12:00amWorld Wide Watch
12:30amDialogue
1:00pmAsia Today
1:30pmCulture Express
2:00pmBiz China
2:30pmRediscovering China
3:00pmChina Today
3:30pmNew Frontiers
4:00pmNews Updates
4:15pmSports Scene
4:30pmDocumentary
5:00pmCCTV News
5:30pmDialogue
6:00pmChina Today
6:30pmNew Frontiers
7:00pmBiz China
CCTV International's flagship business news program. Broadcast live from Beijing, Biz China delivers news, opinions and analysis six times a day, everyday. Biz China is made up of three significant components. First, up-to-date domestic and international financial and corporate news. Second, Biz China exclusive interviews featuring the insights, opinions, and forecasts of business insiders on the state of the economy, business trends, and industry analysis. And finally, our Market Analysts provide a recap on the activities taking place in the financial markets around the world.
7:30pmCulture Express
The new and improved Culture Express is dedicated to giving viewers updated reports on Chinese cultural news and events. Each of the seven segments deals with a particular aspect of Chinese culture.
8:00pmCCTV News
The latest news and social changes happening in China and all over the world.
8:15pmLearn to Speak Chinese
Learn to Speak Chinese is a 15-minute program on CCTV International. Starting from the early 90s, seven series of Learn to Speak Chinese have been made, including Hello, Beijing, International Business Chinese, Chinese 400, Kindergarten Chinese, After School Chinese and Communicate in Chinese. These programmes not only aroused great interest among viewers to learn Chinese, but also popularized knowledge about the Chinese economy, culture, and tourism. Learn to Speak Chinese continues to playing an active role in helping the world learn more about China. Currently, we have made a new series to be titled Travel in Chinese, and hope you join us.
8:30pmNature and Science
Broadcast four times a day, five days a week, Nature and Science program covers a wide array of subjects from environmental protection, wild creatures, geology, biology, chemistry, medical science, and various modern technologies. The 25-minute-long program normally falls into three parts, which are closely related to one another, though telling a different story each. Nature and Science approaches serious topics in an easy manner. It aims at educating and meanwhile entertaining the audience with scientific knowledge.
8:55pmChinese Civilization
Chinese Civilization is a vivid presentation of the highlights of Chinese culture throughout her 5,000-year history. We bring to life the historical celebrities, historical sites, folk arts, literature, education, science and technology of mankind's most enduring civilization.
9:00pmAsia Today
This 30-minute program airs three times a day and aims to keep viewers updated on news concerning Asia. Asia Today presents a comprehensive look at important issues on the continent in a manner that is objective and reflective of all perspectives. Information is useless without understanding, and understanding is what Asia Today provides. Joined by our CCTV correspondents based around the world, we report on Asia from the perspective of Asians. Not just events of the moment, but issues that affect our lives. Not just headlines, but the bottom line. Not just a perspective from a distance, but insights from the inside.
9:30pmAround China
Around China is a television magazine program jointly produced by CCTV International and local TV stations across China. Around China introduces the people, culture and economic development of various regions and ethnic minority groups of China to the world. Around China offers viewers glimpses of the beautiful scenery and rich cultural heritage of China, as well as the ever-changing lifestyle of the Chinese people as we embark onto the 21st century.
10:00pmNews Updates
The latest news and social changes happening in China and all over the world.
10:15pmSports Scene
Sports Scene is a daily 15-minute sports news program on CCTV International. The program brings a roundup of major sports stories taking place in China and around the world with a focus on domestic sporting events.
10:30pmTravelogue
Forget the flight delays and unpredictable weather; we'll deal with that. Travelogue takes you on a 30-minute journey to a dynamic, exciting country with over 5000 years of history. Explore China from east to west, but catch a glimpse of other countries as well. Our travelers/hosts' energetic, fun-loving, (and sometimes crazy), pack their intimate knowledge of China into their odyssey. Remember to join us for an insider's look at the real China you've only heard about in your history textbook.
11:00pmBiz China
CCTV International's flagship business news program. Broadcast live from Beijing, Biz China delivers news, opinions and analysis six times a day, everyday. Biz China is made up of three significant components. First, up-to-date domestic and international financial and corporate news. Second, Biz China exclusive interviews featuring the insights, opinions, and forecasts of business insiders on the state of the economy, business trends, and industry analysis. And finally, our Market Analysts provide a recap on the activities taking place in the financial markets around the world.
11:30pmDocumentary
The very best of Chinese documentaries. These documentaries provide a faithful record of the extraordinary undertakings by the Chinese people as we entered the contemporary era, with an emphasis on the period of reform that began in the late 70s.
0:00amChina Today
The changing China is also changing the world. Keep up with the changes every day with China Today, thirty minutes of news and features from every corner of the country. China Today, your daily wrap-up of today's China.
0:30amDialogue
Dialogue is one of the most acclaimed and influential programs on CCTV International. This 30 minute current affairs news magazine is an authoritative talk show designed to inform and educate viewers worldwide and influence decision makers in governments, businesses and academia. Dialogue provides fair and comprehensive analysis of current affairs within the framework of cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary comparisons. Chinese and foreign guests openly express their opinions on issues making headlines in China and around the world. Through frank discussions, and sometimes heated debates, viewers are encouraged to reach their own conclusions.
1:00amWorld Wide Watch
1:30amCulture Express
2:00amCCTV News
2:15amLearn to Speak Chinese
2:30amNature and Science
2:55amChinese Civilization
3:00amNews Updates
3:15amSports Scene
3:30amNew Frontiers
4:00amBiz China
4:30amAround China
5:00amNews Hour