The Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress(NPC) will open at 9:00am Monday, March 5, 2019 at the Great Hall of the People (GHP).
Journalists with accredited cards are advised to access via the first or second passage to the south of the Eastern Entrance of the GHP, with sufficient leading time (90 minutes) to security clearance.
Journalists with No. 2 and 3 on their press cards shall have access to the SECOND floor(section 3, 5 and 7), Likewise, those with only No. 3 on the press card will take seats on the THIRD floor.
Media officers from HongKong and Macao and with embassies may access the GHP via the same route as journalists and take seats at the same sections on the second floor.
Please note that live media coverage on all floors has to stop five minutes before the start of the Session. Please keep quiet after the opening.
Major documents of the Session are available 60 minutes before the opening at Press Conference Hall, north end of the first floor (for Chinese journalists) and South end of the second floor (for foreign journalists).
Before and after the meeting, media are encouraged to operate in the area below the steps outside the Eastern Entrance (excluding the road to the west of Tiananmen Square). Journalists may interview the NPC deputies at “Deputies’ Passage” at the Central Hall and ministers at “Ministers’ Passage” at the North Hall of the GHP. All interviews should be wrapped up 15 minutes before the meeting.
Media vehicles should access Tiananmen Square via the east end and park at the designated area.