From BBC News:
China says it will become more open to foreign journalists by dealing with requests within 24 hours, reports say.
A senior government official said ministries must designate people to deal with overseas reporters as part of this “zero refusal” policy.
China says it has already become far more open towards the foreign media since last year’s Beijing Olympics.
Despite this, reporters still face official obstacles and intimidation in their efforts to cover China.
The new policy was laid out by Guo Weimin, from the government’s State Council Information Office, in an article in the China Daily, the main state-run English-language newspaper.
