The week-long Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end today, but there is still a lot less traffic on Beijing's streets than usual. Most migrants take an extended holiday and many Beijingers are still recuperating from a week of partying.
But politics and business will pick up very soon as Chinese New Year fell rather late this year and the meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) are coming up next week.
For the first time journalists could apply for accreditation on line but filling out a nifty Excel spreadsheet. We will still have to go to the press center to get our badge, but at least the online procedure saved us one time-consuming trip across town.
All press conferences, meetings and activities will also be announced at the websites of the NPC and CPPCC, whereas previously you had to go to the press center to read the notices pinned on the blackboard. Even the government bureaucracy is now actively using the Internet.
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