Overseas reporters flood Beijing

They'll cover the National Congress from fresh angles

A total of 1,818 overseas journalists, including correspondents from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan, have registered to cover the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

That is 6.7 percent more than those who covered the 18th CPC National Congress five years ago, Hu Xiaohan, director of the congress's press center, said at a media reception attended by more than 500 overseas journalists on Monday.