FROM: The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on countermeasures of China’s banking sector against the current financial crisis and how to strengthen financial regulation in this difficult time.

WHEN:3:00 PM, Thursday, February 26, 2009

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

WHO: Mr. Liu Mingkang, Chairman of 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 February 25, 2009)