3月8日（星期六）下午3时，第十一届全国人民代表大会第一次会议在人民大会堂举行第二次全体会议，听取全国人大常委会委员长吴邦国作全国人大常委会工作报告。

    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、三楼记者证在大礼堂二楼前3、5、7区就座。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二楼南侧向记者发放全国人大常委会工作报告中英文本。

    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7日

Notice

No. 22

The 2^nd Plenary Session of the 1^st Session the 11^th National People’s Congress will be convened at 3:00pm on March 8^th, 2008 (Saturday) at the Great Hall of the People. The session will hear the report on the work of the NPC Standing Committee delivered by Chairman Wu Bangguo of the NPC Standing Committee.

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 and G3 Press Cards should be seated in Area No. 3, 5 and 7 in the front of the Second 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 Chinese and English version of the report on the work of the NPC Standing Committee about the session on the Second Floor of the Great Hall of the People in the South one hour before the session begins.

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 concluded 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 session, 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 7^th, 2008