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Major media to cover National Day evening gala tonight

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-10-01 18:10

An evening gala will be held at Tian'anmen Square as part of the 60th National Day celebration on Thursday evening, Xinhuanet reported. The gala will start at 20:00 and last about two hours.

Nine CCTV channels, including channels 1, 3, 4 and 9, will start televising the gala live at 19:53.

China Radio International will broadcast the evening gala in several languages including Mandarin and English from 19:30. China National Radio will air the gala live at 19:45.

The evening gala will also be covered by major websites such as People.com.cn, Xinhuanet and CCTV.com.