WHILE China faces criticism for putting obstacles in the way of delegates for two international conferences on women, it is making things easy for participants at an international anti-corruption meeting in the capital in October.
More than 500 delegates have been invited to attend the seventh international anti-corruption conference and about half of them will come from overseas countries.
As an example of the difference in treatment, while participants of the women's conferences are still trying to obtain visas, hotel bookings and flight tickets, delegates to the October conference are being offered special deals.
The Beijing Youth Daily said yesterday a number of Beijing hotels had offered discounts to delegates to the anti-corruption conference.
Also, Air China had offered flights at reduced prices.
In contrast, some delegates to the women's conferences said Beijing hotels had increased their room rates.