The relationship between Sesame Street programs in the United States and children in China began in 1980s. 1983, Sesame Street Studio cooperated with China CCTV to produce the film Big Bird in China. This 75-minute film tells the story of Big Bird, his poodle friend Buckley and a little girl from China looking for the legendary Phoenix Bird in China. This film shows the cultural and natural landscapes of China in 1980s, including the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Ming Tombs, Guilin landscape and so on. The film was broadcast on NBC TV that year, and the DVD version was released in 2004. The final box office was about14 million dollars.

1998-2006 54 38+0 co-produced and broadcast the Chinese version of Sesame Street with Shanghai TV Station.

From 2000 to 2002, Sesame Street English was co-produced with Shanghai TV Station to help children from non-English-speaking countries learn oral English through vivid and interesting scenes.

"1-2-3-4-5" and "1999-2000", game programs produced in cooperation with Shanghai TV Station to help children learn mathematics;

"I Love Science", 1999-2000 broadcast a program jointly produced with China Education TV Station to teach scientific principles and their application knowledge;

One World, One Sky-Adventures of Big Birds is an astronomical program jointly produced with Beijing Planetarium in 2008.

20 10 12 the new sesame street children's program "sesame street big birds see the world" premiered on haha children's channel. This program, starring Big Bird, Ai Mo and Tiger Lili, introduces scientific phenomena in daily life to children aged 3-7, and cultivates their habit of observing the world and seeking answers.

At the same time, Sesame Street has also carried out a series of educational promotion activities in China, producing and distributing emergency response and preparation materials for children and their families in China. Textbooks and materials have been distributed to hundreds of hope primary schools in many provinces and cities, especially in areas suffering from natural disasters.

In the stage play, Sesame Street's Adventure of Magical Map and Ai Mo's Happy Garden toured China, which aroused great concern and response.