Press center allows for greater access

Domestic and overseas reporters will have a chance to interview delegates to the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as a special "delegates' passage" will be set up for the first time at the Great Hall of the People - the venue of the congress - to boost its transparency.

Journalists were advised to arrive an hour early. Times and other details will be released by the congress's press center via its website and WeChat account, according to the Service Guide for Journalists issued by the press center, which opened on Wednesday.

Registered reporters from home and abroad started arriving at the press center on Wednesday to pick up their press cards for the all-important, once-in-five-year political event that is expected to map out China's development path in the coming years.