TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on economic and trade updates between China and ASEAN on the 15th Anniversary of the founding of their dialogue relationship and the 3rd China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Wednesday, September 6, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Commerce, Mr. Chen Wu, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Mr. Yu Ping, Vice President 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 September 4, 2006)