中国中央电视台是中华人民共和国国家电视台，1958年5月1日试播，9月2日正式播出。初名北京电视台，1978年5月1日更名为中央电视台，英文简称CCTV。
中国中央电视台是中国重要的新闻舆论机构，是党、政府和人民的重要喉舌，是中国重要的思想文化阵地，是当今中国最具竞争力的主流媒体之一，具有传播新闻、社会教育、文化娱乐、信息服务等多种功能，是全国公众获取信息的主要渠道，也是中国了解世界、世界了解中国的重要窗口，在国际上的影响正日益增强。
中央电视台现为国家副部级事业单位，内设15个副局级中心（室），包括办公室、总编室、人事办公室、财经办公室、机关党委、新闻节目中心、海外节目中心、社教节目中心、文艺节目中心、广告经济信息中心、体育节目中心、青少节目中心、技术管理办公室、技术制作中心、播出传送中心；有3个直属处级单位，包括监察室、审计处、中国电视报社；以及新台址建设工程办公室（临时机构）。
參考答案:The China Central Committee Television is the People's Republic of China national television broadcast station, on May 1, 1958 tested broadcasting, on September 2 broadcast officially. Initially the Beijing television station, on May 1, 1978 changed the name as the Central Committee Television, English is called CCTV.
The China Central Committee Television is the Chinese important news public opinion organization, is the party, the government and people's important mouthpiece, is the Chinese important thought culture position, now China most has one of competitive power mainstream media, has the dissemination news, the social education, the cultural entertainment, the information service and so on the many kinds of functions, is the national public gains the information the main channel, also is the Chinese understanding world, the world understood Chinese the important window, is strengthening day by day in the international on influence.
The Central Committee Television presently for the national vice- level institution, in supposes 15 vice offices centers (room), including the office, editor-in-chief the room, the human affairs office, the finance and economics office, the institution party committee, the newspaper item center, the overseas program center, the socialist education program center, the theatrical item center, the advertisement economic information center, the sport program center, the blue few programs center, the technical management office, the technical manufacture center, broadcasts the transmission center; Some 3 subordinate office level unit, including monitor chamber, audit place, Chinese television newspaper office; As well as new Taiwan site construction project office (temporary organization).
