TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on achievements of the surveying and mapping undertaking during the Tenth Five-year Guideline and the 1:50,000 database under the national fundamental GIS of China.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Friday, February 24, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Lu Xinshe, Director General, State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping

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 February 21, 2006)