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TVCC Project Launched

Construction has begun on the Television Culture Centre, an important part of the new CCTV building compound, according to Xinhua.net.

The new centre will be responsible for most of the broadcasting of China Central Television during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Comprising a 30-storey tower and a cluster of 5-storey buildings, the centre is estimated to cost more than 800 million yuan (US$96 million). A five-star hotel with 300 rooms will be included in the complex, whose completion is planned for the end of 2007.