TV shows the way

First broadcast on China Central Television in 1990, Zhengda Variety Show was a mix of video clips, interviews and quizzes. It also featured a travel show that was screened in the studio with discussions afterward.

This was probably the country's first TV show about traveling abroad.

"For our generation, born in the 1980s, this variety show was probably the first window leading to the outside world," says Zhou Kui, an associate professor at Communication University of China. "People considered the anchors of the travel show to have the best jobs in the world."