3月5日（星期三）上午9时，第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议在人民大会堂开幕，听取国务院总理温家宝作政府工作报告，审查年度计划报告和预算报告。

记者可凭记者证提前1小时20分钟从人民大会堂东门南侧通道经安检进入大礼堂，凭二楼记者证在大礼堂二楼前3、5、7区就座；凭三楼记者证在大礼堂三楼就座。在各楼层采访的记者，请在会议开始前5分钟停止现场报道活动。

会议举行前1小时，新闻中心工作人员在人民大会堂固定场所向记者发放会议的主要文件。境内记者到一楼大厅北侧新闻发布厅领取，港澳台记者和外国记者到二楼南侧领取。

会议开始前及结束后，记者可在人民大会堂东门外台阶下及大礼堂外进行采访活动，也可在人民大会堂北大厅东侧的指定区域内对列席会议的各部部长进行采访。采访活动须在会议开始前10分钟停止。不要在天安门广场西侧路进行采访活动，以免影响交通。

记者车辆请从天安门广场东侧路入口进指定停车场依次停放。

十一届全国人大一次会议新闻中心

2008年3月4日

 

Notice

No. 4

The Opening Session of the 1st Session of the 11^th National People’s Congress will be convened at 9:00am on March 5^th, 2008 (Wednesday) at the Great Hall of the People. The session will hear the report on the work of the government delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council and examine the annual reports on plan and budget.

Journalists may enter the Great Hall of the People by passing the security check at the south passage of its East Gate with NPC press cards 80 minutes in advance. Those who hold G2 Press Cards should be seated in Area No. 3, 5 and 7 in the front of the Second floor, while those who hold G3 Press Cards, be seated on the Third floor.  For journalist on all floors, please put an end to your live coverage 5 minutes before the session begins.

The staff of the Press Center will start to hand out the major documents about the session inside the Great Hall of the People one hour before the session begins. For domestic Journalists, the hand-out location is the Press room, north of the First Floor. For journalists from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and abroad, the hand-out location is southern area of the Second Floor.

Before and after the session, journalists may conduct interviews in the area below the steps out of the East Entrance, or the area outside of the Grand Auditorium of the Great Hall of the People. Journalists may also conduct interviews with the Ministers sitting in on the session in the designated area east of the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. All interviews should be put to an end 10 minutes before the session begins. Please do not conduct interviews on the street west of the Tiananmen Square that might lead to congestion.

For the journalists driving to cover the sessions, please drive through the East Entrance of the Tiananmen Square and park your vehicle in the designated parking area.

                                      Press Center

1^st Session of the 11^th NPC

 March 4, 2008