11 West Third Ring Middle Road, Haidian District Beijing BJ China http://ctvt.com.cn/
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1987
Finished
1992
Floor Count
23
Building Uses
- communication
- museum
- observation
- restaurant
- retail
Structural Types
- tower
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Antenna
1347 ft
Unconfirmed
386.5+24
Roof
886 ft
CVU Skyscraper Center
Top floor
886 ft
Elevation
Liuyun hall
873 ft
Unconfirmed
242+24
Open air observation
860 ft
Unconfirmed
238+24
Restaurant rev.
804 ft
Unconfirmed
221+24
Foundation
79 ft
Unconfirmed
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Description Architect: Design Institute of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television
Developer: National Radio and Television Administration
• Structural engineer: KCA Architects Snoeren
• Member of "World Federation of Great Towers"
The Central Radio and Television Tower was designed by the former Design Institute of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. The tower is 405 meters high, with a bottom area of 12143 square meters and a building area of nearly 60000 square meters. It consists of six parts: wharf, setback, tower base, tower body, tower, and antenna mast. At the base of the tower is a retreat surrounded by two layers of White Marble fences, and the first and second layers of towers at the bottom are various entertainment facilities. Above the tower base is a gradually thinner tower body, which is distributed with computer rooms to ensure the broadcasting signal of the broadcasting and television tower. Due to an oversight during the construction process, the formwork was displaced during the pouring of concrete, resulting in a slight bulge on the north side of the tower body about 150 meters in the middle. A Chinese lantern shaped tower is built 242 meters at the waist of the tower, which houses Beijing's tallest revolving restaurant and observation deck. Above it are antennas responsible for transmitting television and broadcasting signals.
The main building of the Central Radio and Television Tower was completed in 1990. It was officially completed on September 30, 1992 and began broadcasting radio and television signals. It was opened to the public for sightseeing in October 1994. The project was completed and accepted in October 1997.
After the mid-1990s, despite the public popularization of cable television in Beijing and the gradual popularization of civilian satellite television under government bans and suppression, the role of the Central Radio and Television Tower in people's lives did not decline significantly, and its identity as a tourist attraction continued to strengthen. In May 1998, amidst the trend of building an oceanarium in Beijing, the third oceanarium in Beijing, the Pacific Underwater World, was opened in the bottom space of the Central Radio and Television Tower, further highlighting the identity of the tower as a tourist attraction.
Since 1994, on the Sunday of the week of Double Ninth Festival, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau has held a competition to climb the Central Radio and Television Tower every year. The competition divides the contestants into different groups based on age and gender. The contestants start from the pier in front of the tower, pass through the tower and climb, and finally reach the finish line at 225 meters. The entire journey requires climbing 1484 steps, which is a popular mass sports event in Beijing.
On May 10, 2004, the Central Radio and Television Tower adjusted the microwave signal of China Central Television programs that were publicly sent, and the signals of the sports channel and variety channel were replaced with music channel and children's channel
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