TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on the Results of China's First National Economic Census.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Tuesday, December 20, 2005

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

WHO:  Mr. Li Deshui, Commissioner of National Bureau of Statistics

CONTACT:  86-10-6559 2311

NOTE:  Please take the new 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 86-10-6559 2311(Fax).

(China.org.cn December 16, 2005)