Chinese and foreign journalists were invited yesterday to cover
the upcoming annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC)
and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
in Beijing.
The Fourth Session of the 10th NPC will open on March 5, and the
Fourth Session of the 10th National Committee of the CPPCC will
begin on March 3, according to the general offices of the NPC
Standing Committee and the CPPCC National Committee.
The NPC is the top legislative body in China, while the CPPCC is
a broad-based national advisory organization consisting of experts
and citizens from all walks of life.
The CPPCC plays a supervisory role and accepts suggestions and
criticisms relating to major state affairs and policies and other
important issues.
A press center will be set up at the Xizhimen Hotel, No.172
Xizhimennei Street in Beijing.
Chinese correspondents from Beijing-based state media who want
to cover the meetings are required to send their applications to
the press center. Other domestic correspondents who want to come to
Beijing to cover the meetings should send their applications to
their local delegations who will deliver those applications to the
press center.
Applications from Hong Kong and Macao
correspondents should be sent to the liaison offices of the
central?government in the Hong Kong and Macao special
administrative regions respectively.
Taiwan reporters should send their applications to the Taiwan Affairs Office of the
State Council.
Resident foreign correspondents in China who want to cover the
meetings are required to send their applications to the press
center, and foreign correspondents who come to China for the events
should send their applications to the Chinese embassies or
consulates in their countries, or to the commissioner's offices of
the Chinese Foreign
Ministry in Hong Kong and Macao.
The press center's deadline for receiving applications is March
5.
(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2006)