The People's Daily (February 2) reported that the number of journalists permitted to cover the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth CPPCC National Committee, which will open in Beijing on March 5 and March 4, 2021, respectively, will be restricted. It said that due to the coronavirus epidemic some Chinese and foreign journalists in Beijing would be invited to cover the conference, and foreign journalists will not be invited to visit Beijing temporarily. It said interviews would mainly be conducted through the Internet, video, written, etc.