On March 7th, Guangdong delegation to the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) held an open-door meeting and media open day, attracting 225 journalists from 102 media outlets to cover the event.
The event only lasted half a day. However,it surprisedthe media a lot, making reporters exclaim: this is Guangdong!
What happened? Follow our vlog to get the "surprise".
Soon afterthestart of the meeting, the Guangdong delegation invited journalists to walk into the deputies' deliberation area to take close-up videos and pictures. Upon hearing the invitation, deputies and journalists smiled unanimously. Then, numbers of journalists walked into the deputies' seats in an orderly manner and started filming.
This small invitation gave theoverseasjournalists a refreshing surprise.
Gao Jin, president of Euro Chinese Daily, and Raymond Liu, vice president of the Chinese Radio Vancouver, coincidentally recorded this moment in their WeChat Moments.
Gao Jin said: "I think I was the first of foreign media to rushed in as soon as I heard this."
Raymond Liu said,"I have been to open day meetings of other provinces, but this is the first time that I have seen journalists rushing into the meetings. This shows Guangdong's positive and open attitude to the outside world."
Huang Guanjie, a reporter from Nouvelles d'Europe, said, "In the past, I heard of Guangdong's openness; today, I witnessed it with my own eyes."
The "surprises" by the Guangdong delegationimpressed the foreign media a lot, demonstrating the full backbone of Guangdong in leading the development of new quality productive forces.
