FROM: The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on the efforts to combat drought and facilitate spring plowing

WHEN:10:00 AM,Thursday, February 12, 2009

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

WHO: Wei Chao'an, Vice Minister of Agriculture

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 11, 2009)