TO:  Foreign and local press

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

SUBJECT: Issues on drafts of the Sixth Amendment of the Criminal Law and the Compulsory Education Law to be reviewed.

WHEN:  16:00 PM, Thursday, June 29, 2006

WHERE:  Tai Wan Hall of the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China

WHO:  Representatives from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Ministry of Education

CONTACT:  86-10- 6309 7241

NOTE:  Please take the press card issued by the Information Bureau of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 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 zxb6076@npc.gov.cn(E-mail) or 86-10-6309 7241(Fax).

(China.org.cn June 26, 2006)