"Over 1,400 journalists will be covering the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a media report said Tuesday. More than 1,000 foreign journalists worldwide have applied to cover the congress [which] has seen a significant hike in foreign reporters since 2007, when 744 foreign journalists from more than 300 news agencies were present. The foreign journalists are keen to cover a wide range of topics beyond China's leadership change, ranging from environmental protection to economic restructuring and from cultural reform to food safety." (Quoted from article)