Sino-Forest To Report First Quarter Earnings on May 11, 2006

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 08 May 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX: TRE and TRE.S) will announce its first quarter 2006 results on May 11, 2006 after the close of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The following morning, Sino-Forest will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results.

For webcast access and replay:

Go to Sino-Forest's Web site at www.sinoforest.com, under "Earnings Release" or go to http://www.sinoforest.com/earningsreleases.asp

A replay of the conference call will be available for 30 days on the company's Web site. Alternatively, dial 416-640-1917, and enter passcode 21186388 followed by the number sign.

Sino-Forest is the largest, foreign-owned, commercial forestry plantation operator in China in terms of plantation area. The corporation cultivates trees for sale as standing timber and wood chips, and is involved in the trading and manufacturing of wood chips, logs, and engineered wood products for the pulp and paper, furniture, construction, and decoration industries.

Sino-Forest is a Canadian corporation with executive offices in Hong Kong and operations in southern China. It operates through three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Sino-Wood Partners Limited, Sino-Panel Holdings Limited, and Sino-Global Holdings Inc. The corporation's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TRE since 1995.

Source: Sino-Forest Corporation