School children report on press conference
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Two class five pupils who aspire to be journalists took the shine at a press conference in Beijing on “Benefitting society and people”, when they also covered the conference for their news agency, the NiuTong Press of Youth Times.
By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING
Two school children - Yang Kerui, a girl and Yu Haotian, a boy, both 11, momentarily shifted the attention of journalists covering a press conference held at the sidelines of the Fifth Session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee meeting in Beijing last Thursday, from the main business of the day.
The journalists were intrigued by the children’s presence because they were also there to report on proceedings at the press conference and were seen busily taking down notes as the speakers addressed the journalists, not in any way overawed by the large gathering of reporters.
In no time many of the journalists who had sighted the two children with their name tags around their necks like all the other participants, gathered around them while the conference was still ongoing, interviewed and took pictures of them.
The
two class five pupils were from the NiuTong
Press of Youth Times, a news agency in the Zhejiang province which targets
teenaged readers.
Ms. Yang is currently studying at the Shengli Elementary School at Hangzhou, while the boy, Master Yu, is from the Yuhe Elementary School, all in the Zhejiang province. They told the enthralled journalists that they were at the press conference with their teachers to participate in the national event and get to learn more about their country.
“As young reporters, we shoulder the responsibility of bringing what we see and hear to more young readers. Despite the difficulty of the topic at today’s conference, we will still try very hard to follow the speech and take note of things that interest them,” the excited pupils said.
When
asked about their dreams, Yang said that she would like to become a
professional journalist in the future.
Yu, however, said he would like to be a part-time journalist because his dream was to become an astronaut, meeting more people and gaining more knowledge.
The press conference
The hour-long press conference was held on the theme “Benefitting society and people” and it was aimed at answering questions on the welfare of people including retirement benefits, medical and health services for senior citizens.
It
also tackled issues on the development of technology, environmental protection
and the development of the football sport.
The five panelists who addressed the conference were; Huang Jiefu, Wang Wenbiao, Li Yanhing, Xu Jiayin and Hu Xiaoyi all Standing Committee members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee.
Writer’s email: edmund.asante@graphic.com.gh
Two class five pupils who aspire to be journalists took the shine at a press conference in Beijing on “Benefitting society and people”, when they also covered the conference for their news agency, the NiuTong Press of Youth Times.
By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING
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| Yang Kerui listening attentively to proceedings. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE |
Two school children - Yang Kerui, a girl and Yu Haotian, a boy, both 11, momentarily shifted the attention of journalists covering a press conference held at the sidelines of the Fifth Session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee meeting in Beijing last Thursday, from the main business of the day.
The journalists were intrigued by the children’s presence because they were also there to report on proceedings at the press conference and were seen busily taking down notes as the speakers addressed the journalists, not in any way overawed by the large gathering of reporters.
In no time many of the journalists who had sighted the two children with their name tags around their necks like all the other participants, gathered around them while the conference was still ongoing, interviewed and took pictures of them.
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| The two school children answering some questions from some journalists after the press conference. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE |
Ms. Yang is currently studying at the Shengli Elementary School at Hangzhou, while the boy, Master Yu, is from the Yuhe Elementary School, all in the Zhejiang province. They told the enthralled journalists that they were at the press conference with their teachers to participate in the national event and get to learn more about their country.
“As young reporters, we shoulder the responsibility of bringing what we see and hear to more young readers. Despite the difficulty of the topic at today’s conference, we will still try very hard to follow the speech and take note of things that interest them,” the excited pupils said.
Yu, however, said he would like to be a part-time journalist because his dream was to become an astronaut, meeting more people and gaining more knowledge.
The press conference
The hour-long press conference was held on the theme “Benefitting society and people” and it was aimed at answering questions on the welfare of people including retirement benefits, medical and health services for senior citizens.
 |
| The five panelists and two other officials addressing journalists at the press conference. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE |
The five panelists who addressed the conference were; Huang Jiefu, Wang Wenbiao, Li Yanhing, Xu Jiayin and Hu Xiaoyi all Standing Committee members of the 12th CPPCC National Committee.
Writer’s email: edmund.asante@graphic.com.gh
This story was written on March 10,
2017
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