FROM:The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT: Issues on National Economy: Steady and Fast Growth in 2008

WHEN:10:00 AM, Thursday, January 22, 2009

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

WHO: Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Li Xiaochao, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

CONTACT:86-10-65592311

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(China.org.cn January 21, 2009)