[1] The Office for Metropolitan Architecture won the contract from the Beijing International Tendering Co. to construct the CCTV Headquarters and the Television Cultural Center by its side on December 20, 2002.

On the ground floor, a continuous lobby provides access to the 1500-seat theater, a large ballroom, digital cinemas, recording studios and exhibition facilities.

The cultural complex was designed with the cooperation of dUCKS scéno for the scenography and theater consultancy.

Nowadays, the tower accommodates a five-star hotel; guests enter at a dedicated drop-off from the east of the building and ascend to the fifth floor housing the check-in as well as restaurants, lounges, and conference rooms.

The hotel rooms occupy both sides of the tower, forming a spectacular atrium above the landscape of public facilities.