TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on the Year of China and the Year of Russia events.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 16, 2006

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

WHO: Mr. Li Hui, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary-General of the Chinese Organizing Committee, and Mr. Sergei Razov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to China

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 March 15, 2006)