CCTV-17 (, China Central Television Agriculture and Village Channel), is a Chinese

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television channel, owned by

China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is the State media, national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the Publicity Department of th ...

. It handles the

agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

programmes moved from CCTV-7 after the revamp of the latter channel. This is a state-run TV channel. As such, it has been criticized for its connection to the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

. Trial broadcasts of the channel commenced on 1 August 2019, with a launch date of 23 September, as part of celebrations for the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival.

Programmes

*Jujiao Sannong (, lit "Agricultural Watch") *Zhi Fu Jing (, lit "

Agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit ...

Today") *Keji Lian (, lit "Agritech Connect") *The Big Stage of Village () *Xiang Yue (, lit "Dating in the Countryside") *Repeats of TV series under ''Rural Theatre'' strand *Heroes Everywhere (遍地英雄)

References

{{CCTV China Central Television channels Television channels and stations established in 2019 2019 establishments in China Agricultural television stations