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China Central Television (CCTV) is planning to start a national online TV station, the country’s broadcasting authority said on Wednesday.

The move is seen as part of CCTV’s efforts to expand its influence in the cyberspace where video-sharing websites such as YouTube are gaining increasing popularity.

CCTV.com, the website of CCTV, which already provides VOD (video on demand) service, is researching “well-known video websites at home and abroad”, and is working on a plan to launch a national online TV station, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said in a statement posted on its website, without providing a timetable.

The broadcaster will also start building a video-sharing platform globally, the statement said.

CCTV is also considering forming a strategic partnership with China Mobile, the country’s top mobile phone carrier, it said.

China had 173 million online video viewers by the end of last year, according to Beijing-based research house Analysys International.

The online video market peaked during the Olympics when many people turned to the Internet to watch the games. CCTV.com, which enjoyed the exclusive rights to broadcast Olympics online, was the biggest beneficiary.

Nowdays,  the most frequent report is about the 30 years of reforming in China. From the begining of the opening and reforming policy in 1978 to this splendid year 2008, China made too many achievemet in the 30 years. The country is becoming strength, the ecnomic is becomeing splendid, and the life of the people is becoming better amd better.

On CCTV this a special program called telling the 30 years by photo.  It  tells the progress we made during the 30 years in all respects.

And there are exhibition held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up in Beijing. The exbihition attracted many visitors.

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The media is a very inportant way for the people to know what is happping around them and in the world. We have to admit that the western media is more advanced.But we also have to admit that the Chinese media have made great progress in the recent year. We can feel it from the report about the earthquake happened in May 12th.

Before the open policy in China in 1978,China is really a mystery country to the overseas. After the open policy, the world began to know that China was making great progress. Especially the economy procress and the life level progress of the people. The overseas began to know Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and so on. But it is not the whole thing for China. The media just report the good news most of the time. And we didn’t accept the help from the overseas. Like in the Tangshan earthquake happened in 1978, the toal lost of lives nearly 300,000. But at that time the government worker in the UN refused the help from other countries.And most of the people didn’t think there were something wrong for this.

The progress of the media is not just taked in a few days. It also takes a long time. One of the most import thing is the SARS in 2003. At that the government report the news everyday. The ordinary people from China and the people from the overseas countries began to know the real thing of this matter. From the happening of the Sichuan earthquake this year, the media kept on reporting the daily news of the earthquake. And we accept the help from the overseas.

All the progress of the media show that the Chinese people begin to more practial. We know that a really strong China is not just all of the good news. We are not weak when we accept the help from the overseas.

Thank you for the media reporter who have contributed lots of to the Chinese media. There are still a long way for the media. Keep good working!!!