Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet Chinese and foreign journalists covering the ongoing annual full session of the national legislature shortly after the closing of the session on Tuesday, an official press release said in Beijing on Saturday.

"At the invitation of the session's spokesman, Premier Wen will meet the Chinese and foreign journalists reporting the session and answer their questions in the Great Hall of the People," said the press release from the spokesman's office.

The premier's press conference will be live broadcast by China National Radio, China Radio International and China Central Television, while China's leading news and government websites, including xinhuanet.com, npc.gov.cn, gov.cn and people.com.cn, will also carry out online real-time reporting, said the release.

The Fourth Session of the 10th National People's Congress opened on March 5 and is scheduled to close in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing on March 14.

(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2006)