CCTV-7 (, China Central Television Defense and Military Channel), is a Chinese

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...

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 ...

. The channel primarily carries programming devoted to the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

. Prior to 1 August 2019, the channel also carried

agriculture 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 ...

-related programmes. On 1 August 2019 (coinciding with the anniversary of the Army's establishment), the channel dropped its agriculture programmes, which moved to the new

CCTV-17 CCTV-17 (, China Central Television Agriculture and Village Channel), is a Chinese free-to-air television channel, owned by China Central Television. It handles the agricultural programmes moved from CCTV-7 after the revamp of the latter channe ...

channel from 23 September. CCTV-7 also have aired children's television series, both animated and non-animated until it was moved to

CCTV-14 CCTV-14 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel that was launched on 28 December 2003 and is owned by the China Central Television. It airs animated films and series as well as kids game shows and other young-oriented programmes. Before its ...

in 2003.

Programming

Xinwen Lianbo ''Xinwen Lianbo'' () is a Chinese daily news television programme produced by state-owned television broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world ...

(simulcast with

CCTV-1 CCTV-1 (CCTV General Channel) is the primary channel of CCTV, the national flagship terrestrial television network of the People's Republic of China. It broadcasts a range of programs from CCTV Headquarters at East 3rd Ring Road in Beijing and ...

and

CCTV-13 CCTV-13 (, China Central Television News Channel), formerly CCTV News (), broadcasting across China since 2003, is a 24-hour news channel of China Central Television and the biggest news channel in mainland China. Content CCTV News channel broad ...

) *''Defense News'' on mornings and middays *Military Report () *Defense Review () *Military Technology () *Military Documentaries () * ()

Former programming

Agriculture (Moved CCTV-17)

*Yangguang Dadao (, lit "Sunshine Boulevard") *Meiri Nongjing (, lit "Agriculture Daily") *Jujiao Sannong (, lit "Agricultural Watch") *The Big World of Village () *Xiang Yue (, lit "Dating in the Countryside")

References

{{People's Liberation Army China Central Television channels Television channels and stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in China Television channels and stations established in 2019