From May 18 to 23, the State Council Information Office (SCIO) organized a media trip to China's Chongqing municipality and Hubei province. The journalist group attended press briefings there and visited enterprises, ports, logistics parks, and other sites, observing the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

The journalists included foreign correspondents from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iraq, Qatar, and Japan.

Reporters watch a drone light show in Chongqing, May 18, 2025. [Photo by Liu Jian/China SCIO]