The official media center for coverage of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) and the Fifth Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will open in Beijing on Feb 26.

The Media Center will provide a variety of amenities for domestic, foreign, and Hong Kong/Taiwan/Macao journalists, such as a reception area, a press conference hall and interview rooms. The center will also provide reception service and arrange interviews and press conferences for domestic and foreign journalists.

Computers at the china.org.cn news desk at the NPC/CPPCC Beijing Media Center have been equipped to provide internet access and information search services for correspondents. [Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn]

China.org.cn sent staff to the Beijing Media Center Saturday to prepare for the center’s opening. The China.org.cn media desk is equipped with three work stations which provide internet access and information search services for journalists.

Full multilingual coverage of Two Sessions will be launched on China.org.cn on March 1. The Fifth Session of the CPPCC will begin on Mar. 3 and the Fifth Session of the NPC will commence on Mar. 5.

Press Conference Hall at the NPC/CPPCC Beijing Media Center. [Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn]