FROM: The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on the national economic performance in the first half of this year

WHEN:10:00 AM, Thursday, July 16, 2009

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

WHO: Mr. Li Xiaochao, Director-general of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics

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 July 14, 2009)