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CPC
congress more open to press
(11/12/2002)
In a new gesture of openness, the on-going 16th National Congress
of the Communist Party of China ( CPC) has provided more opportunities
for the press from home and abroad to accomplish their missions of
covering the event.
Since the congress started last Friday, panel discussions of some
15 delegations, out of the total 38 delegations, have been open for
press audition, setting a record in the history of Party congresses.
In comparison, only nine panel discussions were open to journalists
during the 15th CPC National Congress five years ago.
Starting from Sunday, a daily press conference has been arranged by
the media center of the congress to feed the press with more information,
with ministers and other officials answering questions relating to
China's economic and social development and other issues of concern
to the press.
Over 1,400 overseas and Chinese journalists have registered to
report on the congress, with those from overseas totaling more than
800. To cater to their special need to understand the fast changing
society in China and provide to them news about the ruling party
which has 66 million members, officials with the media center have
tried their best.
At the first press conference held in the media center of the congress,
only two of the dozen questions were taken from China's mainland
reporters and all the others were raised by overseas reporters.
"You (domestic journalists) have more opportunities to interview
the ministers than they (overseas reporters) in daily work,"
said spokesman for the congress Li Bin when later explaining to
one of the Chinese journalists present at the press conference.
According to Zhu Shouchen, an official with the media center, the
center had arranged 32 interviews with delegates to the congress
for overseas reporters by Monday. Some group interviews even attracted
over 100 overseas journalists.
"The interviews and open discussions have offered good chances
for direct exchanges between delegates and reporters," Zhu
said.
(Xinhua)
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