The 2008 Beijing International Media Center cordially invites you to a press conference about the weather forecast and meteorological service during the Olympic Games on August 6. The senior experts will forecast and explain the weather condition in Beijing during the Olympic Games and give you a briefing about the Olympic meteorological service.

Mr. Yu Xinwen, spokesperson and Director of the General Office China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Mr. Chen Zhenlin, Deputy Director of the Department of Forecasting Services and Disaster Mitigation and spokesperson of the Olympic meteorological service, Ms. Wang Jianjie, spokesperson and Deputy Director of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau (BMB), and Mr. Qiao Lin, Top Forecaster of the National Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Bureau will brief you and take your questions.

Please ensure that you wear your 2008 BIMC-issued press card during the press conference. You will not be admitted without a press card.

Date/Time: 16:00 Wednesday August 6, 2008

Venue: Press Conference Hall 1

RSVP: bimc2008@yahoo.com

(BOCOG August 5, 2008)