Press center for sessions launched in Beijing

Staff members prepare for the reception of foreign journalists at the press center for the two sessions in the Media Center Hotel in Beijing on Feb 26. The upcoming annual sessions of the NPC, China's top legislature, and the CPPCC, the country's top political advisory body, opened their press center Tuesday in the Media Center Hotel in downtown Beijing. The first session of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC is to convene on March 3 and the first annual session of the 12th NPC begins on March 5. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/Asianewsphoto]