The Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress and the Third Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will open in Beijing on March 5 and March 4 respectively. Today (February 27), the Two Sessions News Center, located in the Media Center on the north side of West Chang'an Street in Beijing, was officially opened and began to provide services to Chinese and foreign media reporters participating in the Two Sessions.

Same as in previous years, the National Two Sessions News Center has set up multiple functional areas this year, among which the press room and interview room have been arranged, and a series of interview activities will be held here during the Two Sessions.

At present, more than 3,000 Chinese and foreign journalists have signed up for interviews with the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, including more than 2,000 domestic journalists, more than 1,000 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan journalists and foreign journalists. The number of journalists has increased further compared with last year. The domestic journalist group, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan journalist group and foreign journalist group of the News Center of the Two Sessions are ready to provide services to Chinese and foreign journalists. During the meeting, electronic versions of the main meeting documents will be provided to Chinese and foreign journalists through the Internet, and media reporters do not need to wait in line for a long time on site to receive them. A news center interview room will also be set up at the residence of the representatives and deputies to provide convenient services for the representatives and deputies to accept media interviews. (CCTV reporter Liang Lijuan Song Wan)