Laws of the People's Republic of China

Notice of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce on Holding the Information Release Conference of the Agriculture Product Export and the Proseminar of the Policy for Favoring Peasants

Shang Mao Nong Chu Han [2006] No.114

The competent administration of commerce of each province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, and city specifically designated in the state plan:

For the purpose of implementing the spirit of constructing new socialist villages, further improving the information service for the export of agriculture products, and help the enterprise for agriculture products export to acquaint with and master the policy for favoring peasants in all around, the Ministry of Commerce is to hold a Information Release Conference of the Agriculture Product Export and the Proseminar of the Policy for Favoring Peasants in the People's Hall, Beijing on September 11 and the leaders of the competent departments of the Ministry of Commerce will present and give speeches. We hereby notify the related matters as follows.

1.

Main content of the conference

(1)

Releasing the market guidance, product guidance and related statistic reports of the agriculture product, starting using the website of information service for the agriculture product export. Releasing and presenting the Market Guidance for the Export of the Chinese Agriculture Product of 6 markets including that of EU, ASEAN, Canada, India, South Africa and United Arab Emirates, the Product Guidance for the Export of the Chinese Agriculture Product of tea, garlic, canned mushroom£¬ chicken products, the Monthly Statistic Report for the Export of the Important Agriculture Product and the Monthly Report for the Agriculture Product Trade of 30 Countries of rice, cotton and other 13 products and holding the Starting Using Ceremony of the Special Website of Information Service for the Agriculture Product Export (http://agro-trade.mofcom.gov.cn).

(2)

Inviting principals of related departments to explain the policies and measures of promoting the agriculture product export. The office of the Central Leading Group for the Rural Work will explain new developments and the policies and measures of promoting the construction of the new villages; the Ministry of Agriculture will interpret the new policies and measures of accelerating the development of industrialization of the agriculture; the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine will present the policy of enforcing exemption from inspection of the agriculture product export for the pilot and the measures for decreasing the export cost; the National Certification and Accreditation Administration will interpret the policy and measures for promoting the agriculture product enterprise to develop the Good Agriculture Processing (GAP) and Certification Procedures ; the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation will present the creative products of credit insurance, such as insurance of pre-transport risk, which are conducted in the field of the agriculture product export for the pilot; the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce will release the analyses of the position of the 2007 agriculture product export and the market anticipation report; the International Department of the Ministry of Commerce will illustrate how to enlarge export to the ASEAN by taking advantage of preferential arrangements such as Obtaining at an Early Stage in the ASEAN Free Trade Area; the Fair Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce will explain how to respond to the international trade dispute to protect the interests of itself; the Computerized Processing Department of the Ministry of Commerce will tell how to enlarge export by using the information resources from the Ministry of Commerce; and the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Produce & Animal by Products will evaluate the impact of the implementation of the System of the Japan Affirmation List and give the next coping suggestion .

2.

Objectivs of Being Present

Comrades at the division level in charge of the agriculture product export of the competent administrations of commerce shall take part in the conference and the principals of one or two local important enterprises for agriculture products export shall be organized to take part in the conference.

3.

Time and Place of the Conference

Time: 9¡Ã00-17¡Ã00 on November 29, 2006

Place: Henan Office of the People's Hall

4.

The Preliminary Schedule

09¡Ã00-10¡Ã00 Trade Information Release Conference of the Agriculture Product

10¡Ã00-12¡Ã00 Proseminar of the Policy for Favoring Peasants

12¡Ã00-13¡Ã30 Lunch (in Macro Office of the People'Hall )

13¡Ã30-17¡Ã00 Proseminar of the Policy for Favoring Peasants

5.

Concrete Arrangements

(1)

Registration Time and Place for

The registration will be conducted at 13¡Ã00-22¡Ã00, November 28, 2006 in the Taiwan Restaurant, Beijing (No.5 Jinyu Hutong, Wangfujing Street, Beijing; telephone: 65136618) (Annotated: the People's Hall is accessible on the strength of the invitation. The delegates shall go through the registration formalities in advance to obtain the invitation and the conference materials. The conference group will arrange vehicles uniformly to head for the People's Hall from Taiwan Restaurant at 8:00 on 29th. The delegates in Beijing region who plan to go up to the conference place by themselves shall contact with the conference group for the invitation and the parking license.

(2)

Fees

The delegates shall be free of fees for the Conference and bare the board and lodging expenses themselves. 200 Yuan shall be charged for the lunch in the People's Hall for present day from each delegate.

(3)

Contact Means

The conference group (in the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Produce & Animal by Products): Zhang Xun, Chen Xiaoru

Registration Telephone: 010-65132376, 65235595, 010-65132307(Fax)

The Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce: Luan Ming, Xun Sen

Consulting Telephone: 010-65197133£¬65197445

The delegate shall fill in the Return Receipt for the Conference and fax it to the conference group in the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Produce & Animal by Products

Annex: Return Receipt for the Conference

The Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce

November 8, 2006