TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on promulgation and implementation of Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-funded Banks

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Thursday, November 16, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Song Dahan, vice-minister of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, and Mr. Wang Zhaoxing, assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

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 15, 2006)