TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on progress of Chinese Forestry during the 10th Five-Year Plan Period and the considerations on the Chinese forestry development in the 11th Five-Year Guidelines.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Monday, February 27, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Jia Zhibang, Administrator of the State Forestry Administration

CONTACT:  86-10-6559 2311

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 86-10-6559 2311(Fax).

(China.org.cn February 24, 2006)