| CCTV-4 World | |
| Headquarters: | Beijing, China |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Language: | Mandarin Cantonese Hokkien English |
| Area: | Worldwide |
| Network: | CCTV |
| Owner: | CCTV |
| Former Names: | China Central Television Fourth Program (1 October 1992–31 October 1994) China Central Television International Channel (1 November 1994–29 January 2006) |
| Website: | CCTV-4 Asia CCTV-4 Europe CCTV-4 America CCTV Daifu TCCTV CCTV-4 China |
| Country: | China |
| Online Serv 1: | CCTV program website |
| Online Chan 1: | CCTV-4 Asia CCTV-4 Europe CCTV-4 America CCTV Daifu |
| Online Serv 2: | Sling TV |
| Online Chan 2: | Internet Protocol television |
| Terr Serv 1: | Digital TV (DTMB) |
| Terr Chan 1: | Digital channel numbers varies by area. |
| Terr Serv 2: | Digital terrestrial television (United States) |
| Terr Chan 2: | Channel 31.8 (Los Angeles, CA) Channel 32.2 (New York, NY) |
| Terr Serv 3: | Freeview (UK) |
| Terr Chan 3: | Channel 226 (Streamed) |
| Terr Serv 4: | DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) |
| Terr Chan 4: | Channel 447 |
| Terr Serv 5: | Zuku TV (Kenya) |
| Terr Chan 5: | Channel 830 |
CCTV-4 Shijie or CCTV-4 World is a Chinese free-to-air television channel. It is one of six China Central Television channels that broadcasts outside of China. It airs a variety of programs including documentaries, music, news, drama series, sports and children shows for Greater China including China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CCTV-4 was officially launched on 1 October 1992 with broadcasts from 8:30 am to 12:10 am Beijing Time.
The programming of CCTV-4 initially consisted of a mixture of English- and Chinese-language programming. English broadcasts stopped with the launch of CCTV-9 in September 2000. Select CCTV-4 programs were also broadcast in Cantonese until 2007.
On 1 November 1994, CCTV News was replaced by "China News".
On 1 July 1995, the channel expanded and extended its international coverage by launching on satellite. At the same time, the channel was revised and programs were broadcast in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, and started airing 24 hours a day.
On 1 January 2007, the channel was split into three editions of continents and three editions of countries:
In 2016 Peter Dahlin's forced confessions were aired on CCTV-4. In 2019 Dahlin filed a complaint against China Central Television-4 (CCTV-4 World) with Canadian authorities.[1]