Official responds to doubts on G20 Summit media service

The principle of China's press service for the ongoing G20 Leaders Summit is to “subscribe to accepted international practice, offer convenience to reporters and ensure a good order there", a Chinese official told China Daily on Sunday.

Wang Xining, head of the G20 Hangzhou Summit press center

Wang Xining, head of the G20 Hangzhou Summit press center, made the comment in response to US media allegations that US press members argued with Chinese personnel when the US Air Force One was landing in East China's Hangzhou city on Sept 3.

“As I was not on the spot, I am not in the position to recount with great accuracy. But our whole press service group has made a large number of preparations in various aspects for this G20 Summit,” Wang said.

Wang said he believes that all of his colleagues have subscribed to the principle of press service when tackling each assignment to ensure both convenience for reporters and a good order.

When asked about the recent reported failure of three German journalists in obtaining press cards for the summit, Wang confirmed that the reporters did come to Hangzhou for the press cards.

“It turned out that standalone reporters did not succeed in registration, according to the registration procedure and time duration we have issued. So their names were not in the record,” Wang said.

Given that the reporters arrived in Hangzhou, the press center requested that Hangzhou city administrations add them into the sideline visits, Wang added.