China’s first version of TPIR launched on CCTV-2, a business-oriented economy channel similar to CNBC.
It appears to be a fairly faithful recreation of US TPIR with a much smaller pool of games. Much of this has been lost in translation, and screengrabs were taken from the official website. If you can make heads or tails of it, we await your feedback 😀
This is the colorful logo for “Shopping Street” which airs on CCTV2The host is the dashing Zhen ChengHere’s a little girl modeling an item up for bidsShopping Spree on Shopping Street. Here you can see the contestant must spend at least 3,500 yuan.These are the other two prizes in the setThis is a different playing, but shows you a nice wide shot of the Shopping Spree setIt’s Any Number!Any Number produces another winner. Looks like a good playing to meThis is BonkersA nice shot of Bonkers in the modern setAn angled view of Double PricesHere’s a better shot of the Double Prices game board10 Chances makes the transitionAs does 3 Strikes. I guess you could say it’s in front of the REALLY BIG doors!Easy As 1 2 3Golden Road gets the treatment tooA ‘puzzling’ board is used for Line ‘Em UpNow or Then is being loaded up for a contestantThe audience screams advice, and even has signs to hold upAt the halfway point, they spin the wheelAnother shot of the wheel. Do you suppose she won a 1,000 yuan bonus?Just like in America, showcase winners are mobbed by their friends and familyHere’s another showcase winner. You can see the podium in the background and a trip flat. Looks like he won a cruiseThis game should look familiarGrocery Game is played the same, only with a different range (obviously)Here’s a really cool shot of the big wheel. We assume they get bonus spins for getting 100 based on the colors of the 5 and 15. Also, notice how huge everything looks!In early 2005, someone discovered a series of pictures in a Flickr album of The Price is Right in ChinaThis early design for the big wheel closely resembles the US wheelThe wheel looks absolutely huge as this contestant gives it a tug