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CGTN French is the French-language news channel of CGTN, the international arm of China's state broadcaster CCTV, broadcasting from Beijing to the francophone world.

China's voice in French

The channel's grid runs on news editions, current-affairs programmes, documentaries and talk shows covering China and the world in French, aimed at audiences in Europe, Africa and the francophone diaspora. It draws on CGTN's Beijing newsroom and its correspondents across the French-speaking world.

CGTN's language services

CGTN was formed in 2016 when CCTV's foreign-language services were reorganised into one network with channels in English, Arabic, Spanish, French and Russian. The French service addresses a smaller market than the Arabic or Spanish ones, but it reaches Africa, where France's influence and China's investment meet.

Francophone Africa

More than twenty African states use French officially, and China's infrastructure and mining projects across the Sahel and the Congo basin have made it a subject of daily interest there. A French-language channel from Beijing reports those projects from the Chinese side.

Distribution

The service broadcasts by satellite and streams through its own French-language site, which publishes text reporting and video alongside the live feed.

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