TO:  Foreign and domestic reporters

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on the social development and economic construction in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the past 50 years

WHEN:  9:00 AM, September 13, 2005, Tuesday

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

WHO:  Mr. Zhang Guo Bao, Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

CONTACT: 86-10-6559 2311

NOTE: Please take the new 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 September 9, 2005)