The 4th Plenary Session of the 1st Session the 11th National People’s Congress will be convened at 3:00pm on March 10th (Monday) at the Great Hall of the People. The session will hear the Explanation of Plan for Institutional Restructuring of the State Council, and vote on Measures for Election and Decision on Appointments for the 1st Session of the 11th NPC.

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 distribute the Explanation of Plan for Institutional Restructuring of the State Council 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 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 of the 1st Session of the 11th NPC, March 11, 2008)