CGTN French (formerly CCTV International French or CCTV-Français formerly CCTV-F is a

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entertainment and news channel of

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 ...

(CCTV) originating in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, and are part of the Chinese Government's information ministry. The channels cater to an international audience, with programmes containing French

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s. There are also news programmes featuring French-language reporters. These programmes provide both Chinese and international news coverage. Most programmes on CCTV-F are 30 minutes long. They feature a variety of content, including news programmes, educational programmes, and Chinese

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s. There are also programmes offering tourism advice and showcasing new Chinese artists. CCTV-F launched on October 1, 2007, as the result of the splitting of ''CCTV E&F'', a bi-lingual channel in both Spanish and French, three years after its launch on October 1, 2004. Starting in 2022,

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). ...

audio dubbed and French

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shows were broadcast.

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* F French-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2007 2007 establishments in China {{China-tv-station-stub