TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

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

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 18, 2006

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

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

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 July 14, 2006)