The regular session of the WPO Board of Directors was held this spring in Beijing, China. This session was dated to the International exhibition «Packaging 2006», International symposium on ecologically friendly packaging and packaging equipment and to the World Packaging Conference. Besides, the World Packaging Organization and the Chinese Packaging Federation conducted in Beijing the Awards ceremony to the winners of the world competition on best packaging decisions «World Star Award for Packaging 2005». The winners were chosen last autumn in Prague