Scalpers target CCTV festival gala rehearsals

The upcoming China Central Television Spring Festival Gala, expected to attract as much as 95 percent of Chinese viewers on Saturday night, has driven scalpers into a frenzy with sales of the main event and the rehearsals.

A scalper surnamed Gu, who posted an ad to sell tickets on trading portal 58.com, told METRO he would secure his tickets from an insider at China Central Television (CCTV).

"It will be very hard for most people to get a ticket. I haven't got the actual tickets yet but someone has promised to give them to me later," he said.