Aerial China (Chinese: 航拍中国), also known as Bird's-eye China, is a Chinese documentary television series showcasing the country's landscape via only aerial videos. It aimed to consist of a total of 34 episodes and cover all of China’s 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities and two special administrative regions.[1]

Aerial China
GenreDocumentary
Directed byYu Le
Narrated byLi Longbin (Mandarin version)
Trevor Lee Cheuk Him (Cantonese version)
Owen Grant (English version)
ComposerWang Bei
Country of originChina
Original languageChinese
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes34
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkChina Central Television
ReleaseJanuary 28, 2017 (2017-01-28) –
November 17, 2022 (2022-11-17)

The first four episodes of the first season was aired in January 2017 on CCTV-9, the rest of the season was aired in March.[2] A second season was aired in 2019 from March 3, 2019 to March 9 on CCTV-1 and CCTV-9.[3] The third season was aired since May 21, 2020 on CCTV-1 and CCTV-9.[4] The fourth season will air since Nov 7, 2022 on CCTV-1 and CCTV-9.

Episodes

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Season One

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Episode[5] Original airdate Location
1 March 3, 2017 Xinjiang
2 March 4, 2017 Hainan
3 March 5, 2017 Heilongjiang
4 March 6, 2017 Shaanxi
5 March 7, 2017 Jiangxi
6 March 8, 2017 Shanghai

Season Two

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Episode[6] Original airdate Location
1 March 3, 2019 Zhejiang
2 March 4, 2019 Sichuan
3 March 5, 2019 Inner Mongolia
4 March 6, 2019 Gansu
5 March 7, 2019 Guangdong
6 March 8, 2019 Fujian
7 March 9, 2019 Jiangsu

Season Three

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Episode[7] Original airdate Location
1 May 21, 2020 Yunnan
2 May 22, 2020 Anhui
3 May 23, 2020 Guizhou
4 May 24, 2020 Shandong
5 May 25, 2020 Tianjin
6 May 26, 2020 Shanxi
7 May 27, 2020 Jilin
8 May 28, 2020 Hunan
9 May 29, 2020 Hebei
10 May 30, 2020 Ningxia

Season Four

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Episode Original airdate Location
1 November 7, 2022 Beijing
2 November 9, 2022 Guangxi
3 November 9, 2022 Qinghai
4 November 10, 2022 Hubei
5 November 10, 2022 Hong Kong
6 November 11, 2022 Tibet
7 November 11, 2022 Macao
8 November 14, 2022 Chongqing
9 November 14, 2022 Henan
10 December 6, 2022 Liaoning
11 April 29, 2023 Taiwan

References

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  1. ^ "Aerial China". www.chinapictorial.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  2. ^ "央视大型系列纪录片《航拍中国》第1季开篇聚焦海南 -- 今日海南 -- 海南省人民政府网". www.hainan.gov.cn. Retrieved 2020-06-25.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "《航拍中国》第二季". tv.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. ^ "Documentary series on China's aerial views to be aired - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  5. ^ "《航拍中国》_CCTV节目官网-纪录片_央视网(cctv.com)". tv.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  6. ^ "《航拍中国》第二季". tv.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  7. ^ "《航拍中国第三季》—纪实台_央视网(cctv.com)". jishi.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.