FROM: The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on the Preparations for the 5th China-ASEAN Expo, the 5th China-ASEAN Business & Investment Summit and the 3rd China-ASEAN Information & Communications Technology Week.

WHEN: 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 28, 2008

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 Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Li Jinzao, Standing Member of the Chinese Communist Party Guangxi Committee and the First Vice Governor of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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 August 27, 2008)