More than 300 overseas correspondents will report on the fourth round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, which is scheduled to open in Beijing on July 26, said sources from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs here Friday.

The international correspondents include over 100 residing in Beijing and another 200 who have registered with the Chinese Foreign Ministry from abroad.

The total number of domestic and overseas correspondents to cover the event in Beijing this time is expected to top 500. More than 500 journalists covered the previous round of the six-party talks held in Beijing in June last year.

China will open a press center for the six-party talks on the morning of July 25. The press center is located at the Diaoyutai Hotel, next to the venue of the talks in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

The six parties refer to China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.