2004 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition will be held from June 10 to 16, 2004 at China International Exhibition Center and National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China. June 9 is the media day before the opening of automotive exhibition. There's about five thousand domestic and foreign reporters arrived in advance to gather news, and this exceed the record of all previous sessions. News from automotive exhibition committee indicate that, according to uncompleted statistic, nearly five thousand automotive exhibition reporter certificates have been sent out up to now, including over four hundreds and fifty reporters from outside. The large reporter number and extensive region that theycome from exceed the record of all previous sessions.

According to introducing, overseas medias are especial focus on this session of automotive exhibition. Associated Press, Reuters, United Press International, French Press Agency, Community Press, CNN, Germany No. 2 TV Station, etc. international famous medias have all sent reporters. Reuters has gathering over ten reporters to Beijing by airline. Moreover, Iran Islamic Republic News Agency, Al-Jazeera station have also sent reporters.

In domestic, except Sitsang, all domestic province, city, municipality have reporter coming to gather news. Among over four thousand domestic reporters, nearly half are from outside of Beijing.