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.

Tian'anmen is covered by the snow.

The red wall of the Forbidden City.

Reporters and journalists wait for the delegations to arrive.

Service personnel wait in the snow.

Deputies arrive in the Great Hall of the People.

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