The Quadrant

The Quadrant is a social realist documentary on the rise of a small baseball town in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. It is a story of a group of people of different ages, including teenage baseball players, coaches, parents, community members, and many others who have been fully devoted to local baseball development. The documentary consists of two episodes, with 30 minutes for each.

2024-06-13 14:40

"Lighting Up the World"

China has entered a critical phase in developing core technologies for the new wave of industrial revolution, such as "smart manufacturing". Against this backdrop, China's manufacturing sector is striving to become a new hub of high-quality development. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area stands as a world-leading manufacturing hub. In the northwest of Zhongshan, Guangdong, lies Guzhen Town, famously known as the "Lighting Capital of China". Guzhen Town represents over 70% of the domestic lighting market, with its products reaching more than 130 countries and regions worldwide. The documentary series "Lighting Up the World" will spotlight Guzhen, exploring the prominent figures in the town. It will capture their stories during the era of change, showcasing how their wisdom and creativity will once again astonish the world and lead the way forward.

2024-06-13 14:37

Chinese Odyssey

Chinese Odyssey are co-produced by China Intercontinental Communication Center and China Media Group, with the participation of the French company TROISIEME OEIL Productions. The 3 episodes are Fantastic Gift, Fantastic Journey and Fantastic Life. In each episode, Food Influencer Antoine, Music Blogger Alice and psychological consultant Sandy, who come from France, travel to rural areas to find out the dramatic changes on the vast lands of China. Chinese Odyssey has been broadcasted on CCTV Documentary Channel and the French channel TV5Monde.

2024-06-13 14:35

Museum inspired

In this brand new series, with unprecedented access to the most prestigious Chinese ancient collections, we will be tapping on different artists as they embark on a mission to immerse themselves in Chinese art and culture, and translate them to a modern language. Combining history and artistry, this series takes us on a visual feast and take the past into the future.

2024-06-13 14:32

Soaring Across the Lake of Sky

The film takes Jiuzhaigou Valley as the core theme, Minshan Mountain and Minjiang River as the narrative thread, and connects Dujiangyan, Songpan Ancient City, Yellow Dragon and other famous natural and cultural landscapes in Sichuan. Through the low-altitude flight, the ground shooting characters can talk and interact with the aerial camera, the beautiful natural scenery and unique national culture are gathered in the ultra-high-definition visual language, and a magnificent air journey is displayed to the eyes of the TV audience, which is a trans-era image upgrade of the Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong World Natural Heritage!

2024-06-13 14:27

Pearl on the Good Earth

This documentary reproduces the legendary story of Pearl Buck, an American female writer, through a fragmented and stream of consciousness narration style. As the daughter of American missionary Sai Zhaoxiang, she came to China by boat at the end of the 19th century and grew up in Zhenjiang. Having lived in Jiangsu and Anhui for nearly 40 years, she named herself the daughter of Zhenjiang, and the daughter of China. Nurtured by the spirits of Confucianism and Western civilization,Pearl Buck is a hybrid wandering in between the Oriental and Western worlds, both geographically and spiritually. These unique experiences render her distinctive spirit as an individual and a writer, in which she incorporated into every one of her literary masterpieces. Though a solitary pursuit, her empathy and desire for connection obligated her to actively engage in the real world .With the deep love of humanitarianism, she remained closely attached to the land where she grew up. Almost all of her works are related to her oriental homeland, which are not only limited to big cities, but also deeply concerns the small villages and lives of the unprivileged.Her famous trilogy 'The Good Earth', illustrating the farmer’s life in northern Anhui, had won her the Nobel Prize. Moreover, she is the first person who translated “Water Margin” and introduced the book to the Western world, making her an exceptionally influential figure who gave Westerners a rare insight into the subtleties of the oriental world.

2024-06-13 14:18

Splendor of the Yangtze

From an entirely new perspective, Nanjing Broadcasting System has launched a major cultural documentary, "The Splendor of the Yangtze River". The series explores themes and draws inspiration, and gains strength from the treasure trove of Chinese traditional culture, focusing on the culture of the Yangtze River. For the first time, it comprehensively summarizes the characteristics of Yangtze River culture across the Nanjing area, preserves the cultural memory, and tells vivid stories through specific cultural relics. Through a review of current development, it highlights contemporary issues of the Yangtze's conservation and prospects, and vividly showcases Nanjing’s implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Ecological Civilization. The documentary emphasizes the interplay between natural beauty and culture, and between history and the modern times, effectively conveying the historical facts and spirits of Yangtze River culture and inspiring a hopeful vision for the future of the Yangtze River. To better preserve the cultural memory of the Yangtze River, the creative team consulted top domestic and international experts in hydrology, geography, climate, archaeology, and history to ensure rigorous accuracy. The narrative style uses specific cultural relics to bring history to life and express it more vividly. In post-production, it strives to present the most beautiful and authentic splendor of the great river, preserving genuine and precious visual materials for contemporary Nanjing and China. “The Splendor of the Yangtze River" consists of 12 episodes, each about 30 minutes long, and focuses on major themes such as civilization, waterway network, urban development, cultural significance, the pioneering role of modernization, environmental protection, and opening up. It portrays the characteristics of Yangtze River culture, from a close relationship with the city to its long history, diversity and harmony.

2024-06-13 14:15

City Wall

The five-episode cultural documentary series “City Wall” expounds on the far-reaching historical and cultural significance of the ancient Ming and Qing city walls in China, with the main focus on the City Wall of Nanjing, covering the efforts of 14 cities and their attempts to have their Ming and Qing city walls be designated as World Heritage Sites. Using the Ming City Wall as a starting point, "City Wall" explores a variety of issues, including the relationship between city walls and traditional Chinese culture, their political and economical influence in the Ming and Qing dynasties spanning over 600 years, their connection to the Chinese military, how these walls could "make or break" a city's development, and the cultural significance and impact these walls still have on people's lives today. The series offers an in-depth introduction to Ming and Qing city walls and expounds on the historical significance and influence these walls have had throughout Chinese history.

2024-06-13 14:12

Wetland our land

Yancheng Dongtai Tiaozini Wetland is the only World Natural Heritage Site in Jiangsu, China. It is located on the Dongtai coast in the south of the Yellow Sea ecological Zone, with a total area of 1.29 million mu. It is one of the most important coastal wetland ecosystems in the world, and it is also the central node and key area on the migratory route of East Asia-Australasia migratory birds. East Asia - Australasian migratory bird routes north to the Russian Far East and Alaska, through East Asia, south to Southeast Asia and Australasia, covering 22 countries, involving 50 million 210 species of waterbirds. Jointly shot by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation, Yancheng Municipal Publicity Department, Dongtai Municipal Publicity Department and Dongtai Coastal Economic Zone, the documentary "Wetland, Our Land" is the first nature documentary in Jiangsu in 4K format, guided by the route of migratory birds from East Asia -Australasia, in addition to showing Tiaozini wetlands, it will also go to Russia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Australia and other countries to track and shoot, presenting the wetland "ecological circle of friends", which not only brings visual wonders and soul shocks to the audience around the world, but also appeals to the 22 countries along the migration line to protect migratory birds, truly connecting the common expectations of different cultures for "harmonious coexistence of man and nature", that is, to build a community of life on earth.

2024-06-13 14:10

The legend of Crested Ibis

In spring, the crested ibises on the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains enter the mating season. The timid and sensitive female crested ibis, Xiao Yue, has reached the age for marriage. The two-year-old male crested ibis, Da Yang, is enthusiastic and unrestrained, a true "social butterfly," and he has fallen in love with Xiao Yue. Soon after, Da Yang and Xiao Yue's children are born. Under the careful care of their parents, the children grow up smoothly. The path to growth and independence is a long process, filled with difficulties. Can the company of their parents help them overcome the challenges?

2024-06-13 14:06

A piece of oracle bone amazes the world

This film will break the paradigm that previous documentaries based on oracle bones were mainly based on textual research and archaeological excavation, with Shang and Zhou history as the main scope and Chinese civilization as the boundary of exploration, and will provide the world with a brand new review and interpretation of the oracle bones and make it an "eye-opening" experience. In this film, we will use the oracle bones as an entry point to update the audience's understanding of the evolutionary process of Chinese civilization from "plurality to unity", and categorize the Chinese civilization into a sequence of time and a proliferation of space, so as to understand the trajectory of human mobility and the mode of interaction among different civilizations. While recognizing the uniqueness of Chinese civilization, it searches for the "greatest common denominator" among civilizations, and then explains the unique value of the "China Solution" in the process of civilization.

2024-06-13 14:04

Eternal influential poets of China

“Eternal influential poets of China”is a large-scale historical and cultural documentary co-produced by Henan Education Electronic & AudioVisual Press and Henan Huazhijie Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. This film will focus on the influential poets in Chinese history, hoping to tease out the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history and the cultural core behind it by interpreting their life stories and achievements.

2024-06-13 14:01