If you are interested in beijing tower tour cctv tower china central television tower in beijing is a nice place for you to get a higher view of the city.
New cctv tower beijing top floor plan.
Groundbreaking took place on 1 june 2004 and.
After experts consideration and discussion for a long time cctv new tower was planned to stand on the 3rd ring road in beijing china on a 10 ha site in the new central business district.
As a graceful and sturdy sculpture style edifice the planned new cctv building can not only represent the new image of beijing but also express in the language of architecture the importance and the cultural nature of the tv industry.
The cctv headquarters serves as the headquarters for china central television cctv that was formerly at the old china central television building located at 11 fuxin road some 15 km 9 3 mi to the west.
This new cctv headquarter building is located in northeast corner of middle dongsanhuan road and guanghua road cross south of chaoyang road.
Further reading new cctv tower the construction of the new one was launched in 2005 and finished on september 2 2008 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of cctv.
Constructed in 1992 cctv tower is the tallest structure in beijing with the height of 405 meters including the tip of its antenna the third in china and the sixth in the world.
How to get there.
Beijing is home to many historical sites such as the forbidden city the great wall of china summer palace and many more.
The tower is a 234 metre 768 ft 51 story skyscraper on east third ring road guanghua road in the beijing central business district cbd.