TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues related to the article Emergence and predominance of an H5N1 influenza variant in China published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United State of America (PNAS).

WHEN:  10:00 PM, Friday, November 10, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Jia Youling, chief veterinary officer and director general of the Bureau of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ms. Chen Hualan, director of China's National AI Reference Laboratory and Mr. Shu Yuelong, director of the National Influenza Center under the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

CONTACT:  86-10-65592311

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, November 9, 2006)