Q：According to the proposal made by Premier Wen Jiabao at the special summit on SARS between China and ASEAN, an international conference on the prevention and control of SARS will be held in Beijing from June 3rd to 4th. Could you brief us on the meeting?

A: To follow up the joint declaration of the special summit on SARS between China and ASEAN, a high-level international symposium on SARS of China, Japan, the ROK and the ASEAN countries (10+3) will be held in Beijing from June 3rd to 4th. The theme of this meeting is: to exchange information and experiences on the prevention and control of SARS, especially on the epidemiological investigation, clinical treatment, diagnosis reagent and medicine research etc., so as to seek more international cooperation on the prevention and control of SARS. Besides the participants from 10+3 countries, experts and scholars from other countries and regions will also attend this conference.