CCTV Tower

Visitor information

Also known as

中央电视塔

City

Beijing

Coordinates

39.9181765, 116.3002994

About CCTV Tower

Central Television Tower (CCTV Tower) is located at No. 11 West Third Ring Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China. It covers an area of 15.4 hectares and has a tower height of 405 meters. It was built in January 1987 and opened to the public in October 1994. It is a comprehensive building integrating radio and television transmission, tourism, catering, and entertainment. The CCTV Tower consists of a trestle square, a setback corridor, a tower base, a tower base, a tower body, a tower and a mast. The shape of the tower is unique, with a double-eaves tower base in the style of a Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. It rises from the ground to 223 meters, and the radius of the tube diameter extends outward by 10 meters, forming a palace lantern-shaped tower. The overall concrete pouring method can meet the building requirements for resisting a magnitude 9 earthquake.

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