The Central Television Tower is located on the Middle of West Third Ring Road, with the beautiful Yuyuantan Park and famous Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on the east, close to the newly-built Beijing West Railway Station in the south and overlooking Summer Palace in the north. Covering an area of 15.4-hectare, the Central Television Tower is China's third highest tower with the height of 405 meters. As a whole, the Central Television Tower is a modern and advanced structure with comprehensive functions like transmitting radio signals and TV programs, tourism, restaurant and recreation. The featuring architects like large trestle square, white marble veranda for the retreating platform, turret in form of palace lantern and the tower seat like the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest vividly present China's traditional architectural style and the exquisite skill of modern architecture.
    With high-power telescope, visitors are treated to a bird's eye view of the entire city of Beijing from the 238-meter high outdoor observation balcony. Neither the blossom of cherry-trees in the spring nor the red leaves in mountains in the autumn will be missed. Walking in on the observation balcony, surrounded by rose-tinted clouds, one feels like an immortal beside the Jasper Lake. The unique newly-built sights made of cooper, detailed introduction of the most typical places of interest, shopping malls, food streets and recreations in Beijing, the clear display of the directions of world famous scenic spots and their distance to Beijing, 360 degrees circling pictures of high-definition about the whole view of Beijing which took a year to finish, are so enchanting that travelers can't tear themselves away from the site.
    At 225 meters above the ground the TV Theme Hall locates, where visitors can relax themselves and not be troubled by bad weather. The highest post office in Beijing also prepares fancy post cards so that you can send them after being stamped with seals of the sky post office and TV Theme hall, which can serve as a proof of good memory and deserve life-long collection. The wish tree is designed according to the look of the King of the Banyan Trees and made of real branches. Your wish to your family, friends and even yourself can be achieved by the highest wish tree in Beijing. Varied exhibitions also are hold in the hall.