China Global Television Network or CGTN ( 中國環球電視網) is an international media organization launched on December 31, 2016, by the state-run China Central Television (CCTV), and with subsequent institutional restructuring in 2018 brought under the China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), which operates under the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department. Headquartered in Beijing with production centers in Nairobi, Washington D.C., and London, CGTN serves as a key component of China’s efforts to expand its global media influence, part of what officials have described as building a “world-class” media presence to compete with Western outlets. The network operates multiple language channels, including English, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian, distributing content through television, online platforms, and social media to audiences in more than 160 countries and regions. CGTN also includes the video news agency Global Video News Agency (環球國際視訊通訊社).