Based upon the agreement of the Fourth NOWPAP DINRAC Focal Points Meeting, the Fifth NOWPAP DINRAC Focal Points Meeting was held on 10-11 May, 2006 in Shenzhen, China. Representatives of the NOWPAP Members: China, Japan, Korea, Russia and representative of NOWPAP RCU participated in the meeting. The Data and information Network Regional Activity Centre (DINRAC) acted as secretariat for the meeting. The Director of the Special Monitoring & Coastal Environmental Assessment Regional Activity Centre (CEARAC) and the representative of the Pollution Monitoring Regional Activity Centre (POMRAC) participated in the meeting as observers.