The Press Center for the Coverage of Events Marking the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China will be established in the Media Center Hotel (11 Yi, Fuxing Road, Xicheng District, Beijing). The Press Center, to be open on September 22, will issue Media Pass and facilitate the reporting work of Chinese and foreign journalists.

Foreign journalists on a temporary assignment to China please submit applications to the Chinese overseas embassies or consulates. Foreign journalists accredited in China please submit applications to the International Press Center (IPC) of the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry.

In the meantime, all the journalists are kindly requested to make on-line registrations as well. (The registration system will be launched from August 3 to August 23.) The coverage arrangements for major events will be updated on the website.

Foreign Journalists on a temporary assignment to China also need to fill in the Media Application Form and the Equipment Declaration Form (Foreign journalists who carry equipment upon entry must fill in the Form). Both Forms need to be signed and sealed by the person in charge of relevant organizations before being submitted to the Chinese overseas embassies, consulates or Commissioner's Offices of the Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong and Macau.