TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on Release of the National Report on Education in China & Convening of the UNESCO Fifth High-Level Group Meeting on Education.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Thursday, November 10, 2005

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

WHO:  Mr. Zhang Xinsheng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, Chairperson of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO

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 November 8, 2005)