At a recent Council meeting, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics approved a motion to launch IMS China, a sub-division dedicated to IMS members in China; see the October issue of the IMS Bulletin. We are pleased to announce the IMS-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability 2008 in Hangzhou, China, to observe the launch of IMS China. The meeting is open to all current and prospective IMS members by registration, until the maximum of 100 non-local participants is reached. Local participants are defined as those who reside in mainland China. It will feature plenary lectures, and invited and contributed talks in all areas of probability and statistics. Please register early through the IMS secure website. The official languages of the meeting are English and Chinese.