TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on reform and development and international exchange and cooperation of China's insurance industry.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 11, 2006

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

WHO:  Li Kemu, vice chairman of CIRC and Yuan Li, spokesperson of CIRC

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 86-10-65592311 (Fax).

(China.org.cn October 9, 2006)