TO:  Foreign and local press

 

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

 

SUBJECT:  Issues on animal welfare (include extracting bile from the gallbladders of bred bears) and market supervision.

 

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Thursday, January 12, 2006

 

WHERE:  Briefing Hall of the State Council Information Office, 225, Chao Yang Men Nei Da Jie, Beijing, China

 

WHO:  Person in charge of the departments concerned of the State Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce

 

CONTACT:  86-10-6559 2311

 

NOTE:  Please take the press card issued by the State Council Information Office and wear the card during the press conference. To raise the efficiency of the press conference, any questions concerned on the topic are warmly welcome to Notice@scio.gov.cn (E-mail) or 86-10-6559 2311(Fax).

 

(China.org.cn January 11, 2006)