TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on import and export of timber and forest Products, management of import and export of wildlife, implementation of CITES, and forest right reform in collective-owned forest in China.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Tuesday, August 15, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Cao QingYao, Spokesman of Sate Forestry Administration

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 August 11, 2006)