中央人民广播电台正式开办对国外广播是在一九五○年春天,当时用四种中国方言和七种外国语向日本、朝鲜、东南亚和欧洲广播。每天播音时间共计十一小时。对外广播用的呼号是北京广播电台,对海外华侨广播的呼号是中央人民广播电台。中央人民广播电台的对外广播从开始的第一天起,就遵照党的对外政策和宣传方针进行工作,十年来,它以和平的、正义的、战斗的和具有说服力的声音赢得了国外广大听众的热烈的反响和友好的赞誉。对外广播刚开办的时候,曾遇到一些困难。例如,领导干部缺乏对外广播工作的经验;翻译和播音 The Central People’s Broadcasting Station was officially opened to foreign countries. In the spring of 1950, it broadcast to Japan, North Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe in four Chinese dialects and seven foreign languages. Broadcasts a total of eleven hours a day. The call sign for external broadcasting is Beijing Radio and the call sign for overseas Chinese broadcasting is the Central People’s Broadcasting Station. From the very first day of its operation, the external broadcast by the Central People’s Broadcasting Station has been following the party’s foreign policy and propaganda guidelines. Over the past decade, it has won vast numbers of foreign countries with peaceful, just, fighting and persuasive voices The audience’s warm response and friendly praise. External broadcasting had encountered some difficulties when it first opened. For example, leading cadres lack experience in external broadcasting; translating and broadcasting