World looks to China as key congress nears

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hungry for information about the upcoming National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC), reporters from around the world request more than food at a reception held in Beijing.

Accredited reporters for the 18th CPC National Congress grabbed every chance to seek answers to their questions at the reception held by the press center of the congress on Tuesday, two days away from the five-yearly event.

"The world is waiting for what's going to happen in Beijing," said Edulfo Pena with Colombia's El Tiempo newspaper. "Everything that's going to happen in China is very important for the world."

More than 1,700 overseas journalists had registered to cover the congress, said Zhai Huisheng, head of the press center.

The number of journalists, including those from Taiwan and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, far exceeds the number at the congress five years ago, said Zhai.

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