TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on the latest updates of preparations for Shanghai Expo and the Registration Report.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Monday, April 24, 2006

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

WHO: Mr. Yang Xiong, Vice Shanghai Mayor, Member of the Shanghai Expo Organizing Committee and Mr. Gao Yan, Vice Director of the Executive Committee, Member of the Shanghai Expo Organizing Committee and Vice Director of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

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 April 20, 2006)