TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on improvement of the pension insurance scheme for enterprises' employees.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Thursday, December 15, 2005

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

WHO:  Mr. Liu Yongfu, Vice-Minister of Labor and Social Security

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 December 15, 2005)