As the first spring snow arrives in Beijing, The first press conference of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) was held at 11 PM today.

Tiananmen is covered by the snow.

Photo shows the red wall of the Forbidden City.

Reporters and journalists are waiting for the delegations to arrive.

Service personnel wait in the snow.

Deputies arrive in the Great Hall of the People despite the spring snow.

(China.org.cn by staff reporter Wang Ke March 4, 2007)