Yonanetl Zavala from Holachina.cn signs her name on arrival at Wenquan Hotel in Emeishan city, before the reporting journey starts, on Sunday.

Ten foreign reporters from mainstream media outlets in Beijing and Shanghai gathered in the city of Emeishan in Sichuan province on Sunday, Sept. 11 to kick off a three-day reporting trip.

During the trip, reporterswill visit Mount Emei, which is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of Chinaas well as a UNESCO World Heritage site, in order to witness the Buddhist architecture, local practice of martial arts and abundant natural scenery.

The group is touring at the invitation of People’s Daily Online and the publicity department of Leshan’s CCP Committee. The group includes reporters from the Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, German and French editions of People’s Daily Online. Also included are Beijing correspondents for Middle East News Agency, Vietnam-based Nhan Dan Newspaper, Columbia News Agency and Shanghai-based HolaChina.

A member of the Leshan CCP Standing Committee, Lai Shufang, held a banquet on Sunday night to welcome the reporters.  

Walid Abdallah, Tunisian reporter for Arabic edition of People’s Daily Online.

Randa Ibrahim Elwan, Bejing correspondent for Middle East News Agency, National news agency of Egypt. 

Olivier Leclouerec, French reporter from People’s Daily Online.

Ten foreign reporters from mainstream media based in Beijing and Shanghai have gathered in Northwest China’s Emeishan city of Sichuan province on Sunday, to kick off a 3-day reporting trip.

The member of Leshan Communist Party of China Standing Committee, Lai Shufang holds a banquet to welcome the reporters and delivers a speech on Sunday night.