The Central Radio and TV Tower is a 405-metre telecommunications and observation tower in the Haidian District of Beijing, China, completed in 1992 by the Design Institute of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. It served for years as Beijing's tallest structure until the 2018 completion of the China Zun skyscraper, and it remains among the ten tallest freestanding towers in the world. The tower carries an observation deck and a revolving restaurant offering panoramic views over the Chinese capital, alongside the broadcasting equipment that remains its primary function, and it is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, the international association of major observation and communication towers. It continues to serve as an active transmission site for Beijing's radio and television broadcasters.
Facts
Building Type Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Central Radio and TV Tower - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, located there.
Sources
1. Central Radio and TV Tower - Wikipedia
Infobox, general information, completed
Completed 1992
Infobox, antenna spire height
Antenna spire 405 m (1,329 ft)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Central Radio and TV Tower is a 405-metre telecommunications and observation tower in the Haidian District of Beijing, China, completed in 1992 by the Design Institute of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television. It served for years as Beijing's tallest structure until the 2018 completion of the China Zun skyscraper, and it remains among the ten tallest freestanding towers in the world. The tower carries an observation deck and a revolving restaurant offering panoramic views over the Chinese capital, alongside the broadcasting equipment that remains its primary function, and it is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, the international association of major observation and communication towers. It continues to serve as an active transmission site for Beijing's radio and television broadcasters.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field
The Central Radio & TV Tower (simplified Chinese: 中央广播电视塔; traditional Chinese: 中央廣播電視塔; pinyin: Zhōngyāng guǎngbò diànshì tǎ; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂʊ́ŋ.jáŋ.kwàŋ.pwó.tjɛ̂n.ʂɻ̩̂.tʰà]) is a 405-metre-tall (1,329 ft) telecommunications- and observation tower in Beijing, China. It was the tallest structure in the city until 2018, when it was surpassed by China Zun. It is the ninth-tallest tower i
- In Style: Modernist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism
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