A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
March 5, 2017
# of Seasons: 4
# of Episodes: 34
Finale:
April 29, 2023
Creators:
Xiaomin Zhang
Yu Le
Original Title:
航拍中国
Alternate Titles:
Aerial China
航拍中国
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CCTV
Countries:
CN
The large-scale aerial documentary "Aerial China", produced by CCTV and contracted by CCTV Records International Media Co., Ltd., is a documentary film that overlooks China from an aerial perspective and comprehensively and stereoscopically displays History of China's historical and cultural landscape, natural and geographical features, and economic and social development and changes. The series consists of 34 episodes, each lasting 50 minutes, covering 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions across the country. This film will be entirely completed through aerial photography, with each episode selecting the most representative and ornamental historical, cultural, natural, and modern landscapes from various provinces and cities. Using aerial flight routes as clues, it will showcase a beautiful China, ecological China, and civilized China that the audience is familiar with and full of freshness through storytelling.
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