SHENYANG, China -- China's entire media delegation for the Tokyo Games will be on a scale of 3,000 personnel, China Central Television reported.
Shen Haixiong, the head of CCTV and a deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party, held talks online with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Tuesday, making clear that China will send more than 500 reporters to cover the upcoming Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The size of the media delegation, including assisting staff, is said to be about 3,000.
Shen also told Bach that the equipment for live transmission of the Games has already arrived in Tokyo.
With the Beijing Winter Olympics scheduled to start next February, China has been vigorously showing that the country is making preparations to participate in and cover the Tokyo Games.
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