China's top legislature and top political advisory body will open their annual full sessions next week.

The press center for the two sessions has started issuing media accreditation cards to foreign journalists who apply to cover the upcoming meetings.

Officials with the center say more than 800 foreign journalists from 42 countries and 225 media outlets have come to cover the sessions. The press center will provide them with free conference materials and shuttle buses to get to the meeting venues.

Anang Ahmad Wijaya is with Indonesia's Antara News Agency. He is one of the foreign journalists covering the sessions.

"In fact, Indonesia is interested in every aspect of China, including the progress achieved in the fields of politics, economy and culture. What attracts my attention most is the economy, because Indonesia and China have seen a closer trade relations in recent years."

A journalist from South Korea's Dong-A Olbo says this is the second time he has covered the two sessions. He says his reports will focus on personnel and the economy.

More than 2,800 journalists, both domestic and foreign, have applied to cover the upcoming meetings. The figure is 800 more than the number who applied last year.