FROM: General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

SUBJECT: The 8th session of the 11th NPC Standing Committee from April 20 to 24 will listen to and review three specific work reports by the State Council on building of social security system in rural areas, on development of vocational education and on progress of prevention and control of air pollution.

WHEN: 16:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, 2009

WHERE: Shanghai Hall of the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China

WHO: Officials from NPC Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and from Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Ministry of Environmental Protection

CONTACT: 86-10- 63097241

NOTE: There will be no interpretation service for the press conference. Please raise questions in Chinese. Journalists interested in the press conference may obtain invitation letters and parking permits from the Information Bureau of the General Office of the NPC Standing Committee (23 Xijiaominxiang, Xicheng District) by showing one's own valid identification for interviewing. The deadline is 17:00 April 21.

To raise the efficiency of the press conference, any questions concerned on the topic are warmly welcome to zengxb1209@yahoo.cn (E-mail) or 86-10-63097241.

(China.org.cn April 20, 2009)