(Yicai Global) March 1 -- More than 3,000 reporters, including over 1,000 from overseas, have registered to cover China's upcoming annual legislative and political consultative sessions.

The second annual sessions of the 13th National People's Congress, and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, are scheduled to open on March 5 and 3, respectively.

A press center for the sessions opened Wednesday in the Media Center Hotel in downtown Beijing, which will host a number of press conferences in various fields.

As this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the sessions have drawn worldwide attention.