BBC World News Announces Month of China Specials
By: Caryn Robbins Sep. 19, 2014
Singapore ? BBC World News and bbc.com have announced the launch of a month-long season of programmes focusing on China. Designed in China will be shown on TV and online from 6th October to 2nd November 2014. It will explore how China is innovating across a range of sectors from medical research and science, through consumer technology to the creative world of film and art.
October 10th 7:30 pm ET
October 11th 7:30 am ET
October 12th 1:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm ET In this special edition of Our World the BBC?s China Editor Carrie Gracie explores China?s global ambition to move from being the world?s manufacturing HUB to a knowledge economy, creating its own valuable IP in a range of sectors. They want not only goods to have been made in China, but for the design, the idea behind it, to also come from China. In 2006, the government set itself the task of turning China into an ?innovative society? by 2020 and a world leader in Science and technology by 2050. In this programme Carrie will be exploring whether a top down strategic plan can foster the necessary creativity to allow China to challenge the West. Carrie Gracie is a fluent Mandarin speaker, who has been reporting on China for 25 years. Based in Beijing for most of the 1990s, she covered the 2008 Olympics and has presented many of the BBC?s flagship news and current affairs programmes.
October 11th 8:30 am ET, 8:30 pm ET
October 12th 3:30 pm ET The ancient art of Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in history. Kate Bryan, Director of the UK?s Fine Art Society travels to China to find out more. This is a repeat telecast.
Talking Business ? Can China Produce Global Brands?
October 17th 10:30 am ET, 8:30 pm ET
October 19th 8:30 am ET, 2:30 pm ET China is known as the world?s manufacturer ? making products for a range of Western giants from Apple to IBM. But it is no longer just the world?s workshop ? it is growing its own global companies ? organisations with ambitions to become world beating brands. One of those is Huawei. In just 25 years it has grown from a two room operation in Shenzhen to become the world?s second biggest telecoms company. The BBC?s Chief Business Correspondent Linda Yueh explores whether Huawei has what it takes to innovate and to take on the world. Linda is the presenter of weekly business program Talking Business with Linda Yueh. She is particularly interested in the emergence of China as the world's second largest economy, and unlocking what it means for the global economy.
CEO Guru: China?s Billionaires? Club
October 25th 5:10 pm ET, 10:10 pm ET
October 26th 11:10 am ET Since the economic reforms of 30 years ago, the transformation of China has been astonishing - the country is likely to soon have the world?s biggest economy. But the construction of this giant economic powerhouse did not happen by magic. Before the liberalisation that began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Communist rule in China meant that large scale commercial activity had been mostly absent for decades. A great act of innovation was needed ? the rebirth of the business sector. Much of the burden of expanding the economy was carried out by China?s vast array of state-owned enterprises. But there were private entrepreneurs too ? and for many of them the going was tough. The lack of basic infrastructure did not help; nor did prevailing social attitudes at the time, with some entrepreneurs feeling that they were looked down upon by others. In this programme, Steve Tappin takes us inside the hidden world of the club for China?s business elite. It also tells the story of the rise of business in China over the past few decades, both through the eyes of its members, and through those of some of the other leading entrepreneurs who have helped to build a new business culture. Steve Tappin is an author and management expert who specializes in coaching the CEOs of many large international companies.
Talking Business - China?s Creative Industries
October 31st 10:30 am ET, 8:30 pm ET
November 2nd 8:30 am ET, 2:30 pm ET Does China have what it takes to rival the bright lights and glamour of Hollywood? Linda Yueh takes a close look at China?s burgeoning film industry and visits Hengdian, the largest film studio in the world, to speak to a new generation of film directors and foreign investors trying to gain a foothold in the Chinese film market. The Travel Show
October 31 8:30 pm ET
November 1st 9:30 am ET, 2:30 pm ET In this repeat telecast, Rajan Datar takes a rail trip through three very different Chinese cities to show viewers the traditional and modern faces of China. Special vignettes: CEO Guru: China Special
4 x 4-minute modules over four weeks on BBC World News and bbc.com What is the secret to breaking into and succeeding in one of the world?s biggest economies? Steve Tappin meets some of the most successful business leaders in China to uncover key insights, discuss major issues in business leadership, and share their compelling stories about how business is done in one of the world?s most important economies. Designed in China: The Facts
1 x 48-second film to run throughout the season Do you know how much China spends on R&D compared with other countries, or how many patents Chinese companies have filed? Get all the information from our data visualisation. In Pictures: Designed in China
The galleries will air on BBC World News and be available online The Designed in China theme will be brought to life throughout the season with a photo gallery created by a team of contributors including the best of our users? entries.
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