According to the Wall Street Journal, the CCTV television culture center which caught fire last year will be repaired in the coming year. It has remained an eyesore in Beijing since the incident. There were rumors floating around that it had not been repaired because the foundation of the structure was attached to the CCTV headquarters which stands next to it. The WSJ did not confirm the rumors but had this to say about it:
"This week, a joint committee convened by the State Council, China's cabinet, is expected to affirm the structural soundness of the the 44-story Television Cultural Center, in the final report of an investigation into the Feb. 9, 2009, fire at the $730 million China Central Television complex.
That would clear the way for major repairs on a building that was intended to help CCTV transform itself from a dull source of propaganda into a modern media powerhouse, but instead has become a charred, rusting eyesore in the middle of the capital's downtown business district.
The building "will be repaired, as there is no major damage to the structure of the main body," said Huang Yi, a spokesman for the State Administration of Work Safety, one of the government departments that collaborated on the investigation.
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The boot-shaped high-rise has an exterior steel framework, much of which will be stripped away and rebuilt, and a concrete interior portion that can be salvaged.
Preparatory work for the repairs has started on the building site, according to people involved in the reconstruction project."
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