diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/cgtn.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/cgtn.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89f173887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/cgtn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    try_get,
+    unified_timestamp,
+)
+
+
+class CGTNIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://news\.cgtn\.com/news/[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+-(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/index\.html'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-09/Up-and-Out-of-Poverty-Ep-1-A-solemn-promise-YuOUaOzGQU/index.html',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'YuOUaOzGQU',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'Up and Out of Poverty Ep. 1: A solemn promise',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                'timestamp': 1615295940,
+                'upload_date': '20210309',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True
+            }
+        }, {
+            'url': 'https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-06/China-Indonesia-vow-to-further-deepen-maritime-cooperation-10REvJCewCY/index.html',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '10REvJCewCY',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'China, Indonesia vow to further deepen maritime cooperation',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.png$',
+                'description': 'China and Indonesia vowed to upgrade their cooperation into the maritime sector and also for political security, economy, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges.',
+                'author': 'CGTN',
+                'category': 'China',
+                'timestamp': 1622950200,
+                'upload_date': '20210606',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': False
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        download_url = self._html_search_regex(r'data-video ="(?P<url>.+m3u8)"', webpage, 'download_url')
+        datetime_str = self._html_search_regex(r'<span class="date">\s*(.+?)\s*</span>', webpage, 'datetime_str', fatal=False)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage, default=None),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'formats': self._extract_m3u8_formats(download_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native', m3u8_id='hls'),
+            'category': self._html_search_regex(r'<span class="section">\s*(.+?)\s*</span>',
+                                                webpage, 'category', fatal=False),
+            'author': self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="news-author-name">\s*(.+?)\s*</div>',
+                                              webpage, 'author', default=None, fatal=False),
+            'timestamp': try_get(unified_timestamp(datetime_str), lambda x: x - 8 * 3600),
+        }
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
index 3dd56c65a..ddae1d7cc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
     CeskaTelevizeIE,
     CeskaTelevizePoradyIE,
 )
+from .cgtn import CGTNIE
 from .channel9 import Channel9IE
 from .charlierose import CharlieRoseIE
 from .chaturbate import ChaturbateIE
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index 4c0ac5a25..de0213b14 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -1762,6 +1762,7 @@ def random_user_agent():
     '%b %d %Y at %H:%M:%S',
     '%B %d %Y at %H:%M',
     '%B %d %Y at %H:%M:%S',
+    '%H:%M %d-%b-%Y',
 )
 
 DATE_FORMATS_DAY_FIRST = list(DATE_FORMATS)