CCTV-7 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 FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...

television channel owned by

China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...

. The channel primarily carries programming devoted to the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

. Prior to 1 August 2019, the channel also carried

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

-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 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 channel. This is a state-run TV channel. As such, it has been cri ...

channel from 23 September.

Programming

Xinwen Lianbo ''Xinwen Lianbo'' (, literally News Simulcast) is a daily news programme produced by China Central Television (CCTV), a state broadcaster. It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world's most ...

(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

{{CCTV China Central Television channels Television channels and stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in China