TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on the features and trends of NQCI and other relative aspects.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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

WHO:  Mr. Qiu Xiaohua, Commissioner of National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS),  and Mr. Li Changjiang, Minister of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ).

CONTACT:  86-10-6559 2311

NOTE:  Please take the 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 7, 2006)