To assist with the coverage of the 1st Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) and the 1st Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the Press Center of the Two Sessions will render shuttle bus service for overseas journalists covering the two sessions.
The service will be provided between the St. Regis Hotel and the Great Hall of the People before and after each plenary session or other crucial events during the Two Sessions.
The specific arrangement is as follows:
March 2: Press Conference (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 15:00
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 3: Opening Session (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 5: Opening Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 6: Press Conference (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 8: Plenary Session (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 8: 2nd Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 8: Press Conference (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 9: Plenary Session (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 10: 3rd Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 11: 4th Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 12: Press Conference by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 8:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 12: Press Conference (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 13: Vote (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 14: Closing Session (CPPCC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event)
March 15: 5th Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 16: 6th Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 17: 7th Plenary Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 13:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
March 18: Closing Session (NPC)
Shuttle Bus departing the parking lot of the St. Regis Hotel for the Great Hall of the People at 7:30
(Shuttle bus picking up the journalists and heading back to the St. Regis Hotel at the conclusion of the event)
(Press Center of the Two Sessions, March 2, 2008)