2006 China Plywood Trade & Investment Conference

April 20-22,2006, Xu Zhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China

New Century Grand Hotel Xuzhou China

Buying from China? Selling to China? Need to get more about wood products opportunities in/from China? Then The 2006 China Plywood Trade & Investment Conference is for YOU!

In order to make a high quality conference, we try to do a good job in very aspect, ranging from preliminary promotion campaign to speakers and topics of the conference. The activities below are what we have done in the over past weeks:

1. January, 13-16,2006, in Hanover, Germany - Mr. Hongfan Li--President of Chinawood International Inc. attended the Domotex Flooring Exhibition at which we held a press meeting for Chinawood flooring. We invited many international organizations and professional mediums to attend the meeting, issuing the news of 2006 China Plywood Trade & Invest Conference to those participants. The Chairman of European Federation of the Parquet Industry, and the Chairman of National Wood Flooring Association has attended it.

2. January, 17-19,2006,in Vancouver, Canada - Mr. Hongfan Li attended the China's Boom: Implications for Investment and Trade in Forest Products and Forestry. He propagandized the Plywood Conference to more than 200 organizations and representatives from all over the world, especially the American Plywood Association in North America, which pay attention to Chinese Market.

3. January, 14-17,2006, USA - Mr. Robert, representative of Chinawood International Inc. attended the Orlando Construction Materials Exhibition Fair. He communicated with the building trader and purchaser in North America face to face, and invited them to attend our conference.

4. February, 1-3,2006, Las Vagus, USA - Chinawood International Inc. attended the 2006 Surface to promote the plywood conference. At the same time, many foreign mediums were invited to attend our press meeting for Chinawood flooring held at the fair and issued the news of 2006 China Plywood Trade & Investment Conference to the participants.

Regarding to speakers, we feel honored to have invited the following people to attend our conference and they will make a presentation respecting to hot topics nowadays at the conference. The speeches they make cover a large range and will give participants the most useful information. They are: (just name a few)

	1. Bernard Fuller, the Vice-President of Wood Products, RISI will make two presentations, which are Plywood - A Global Industry in Transition: Prospects for Plywood Markets Through 2010 and North American Plywood Producers Face Further Decline: Imports, OSB and the Fate of Domestic Production. Bernard Fuller is a market analyst and economist specializing in the wood products industry in North America, China, Europe and South America. His areas of specialization include the markets and usages of wood products, both lumber and panels. Specifically, he has authored studies on the panelboard industry (with particular reference to softwood plywood, oriented strandboard, medium density fibreboard and particleboard), the markets for treated products, decorative overlays, sidings and other end-use markets for wood products. RISI (formerly Paperloop) was founded in 1985 and devotes itself to providing economic information to the forest products industry in North and South America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. It is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. They work with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, tissue and nonwovens industries to help them make better decisions.
	2. Mr. Hannu Lukkari, the Area Sales Manager of Raute Corporation will make a presentation entitled Outlook of equipment and technology of plywood - Maximized Performance in Plywood Production. Mr. Hannu Lukkari has over 30 years experience and professional career in Raute, has worked in various positions at Raute?ˉs operations in Finland, USA, Canada and Singapore and has good knowledge on all Raute products.Mr. Lukkari visited China the first time 15 years ago and has thus long experience in the Chinese plywood industry. Raute Corporation supplies machinery and production lines, and related technology and services for the wood products industry worldwide. Our customer industries are the plywood and veneer, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), multi-layer parquet as well as panel overlaying and finishing industries.It is the leading supplier of complete plants for the veneer-based wood products industry globally.
	3.Far East American, Inc. started in 1984，is the second largest wood product importer in the United States. Its centralized operation utilizes public warehouses in Central and EastCoasts of the U.S., serving customers all over the U.S.As the general manager of the company, under his management, the company has increased in sales in steady stream of 30% annually. Based on his working experience of many years and professional knowledge, he knows the wood products market of China and USA well. He will take his own company as an example to analyze the current status of the wood products import & export in China and United State, providing more valuable business information for Chinese enterprises to better enter into American market.
	4. Miyoko Kitagawa, the editor of Japan Lumber Journal will deliver a speech concerning Plywood Industry and its Market and Import (Japan). *The Japan Lumber Journal (JLJ), established in 1960, has been most widely circulated among many of the overseas suppliers to the Japanese market for timber and housing materials.

For latest and detailed information, please visit the following website:

http://www.chinawood.org/english/conference/2006plywood.asp

If you are interested in it, please feel free to contact

Mr. Bliss Wu (chinauser@chinawood.org)

Mr. Robbins Qiu (exporter@chinawood.org)

Tel: 86-10-8235 7166 / 8235 8779 ext. 805, 803

Fax: 86-10- 8235 8546

Website: www.chinawood.net