Stora Enso Oyj - Company Announcement

Stora Enso acquires mill site land at Beihai in China

Stora Enso Oyj Stock Exchange Release 28 April 2007 at 03.00 GMT

Stora Enso has signed a mill site land acquisition agreement with
Beihai City Government in Guangxi, China. The agreement will provide
Stora Enso a total of 250 hectares of industrial land for possible
future use as a mill site. The mill site is by the sea in the
Tieshangang Industrial Zone of Beihai City in the north of Beibu Gulf
in the South China Sea, near Vietnam. The purchase price is about EUR
27 million.

Stora Enso's Board of Directors has taken no formal decision
concerning investment in a mill at Beihai. However, this acquisition
would facilitate a future investment. A prerequisite for the
investment decision is that the acquisition of land use rights
develops in a way that will secure a sufficient fibre base.

The area has suitable soil and a favourable climate for eucalyptus
plantations. It is intended to create a sustainably managed fibre
base of 160 000 hectares to support establishment of an integrated
pulp and paper/board mill in Guangxi. Stora Enso's development of the
plantations in Guangxi began in 2002.

To ensure sustainable development of its plantations in China, Stora
Enso invited the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to carry
out an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the
Guangxi plantations in 2005 and 2006. The assessment found that there
are no major environmental or social issues that could have an impact
on Stora Enso's plantation project in Guangxi.

For further information, please contact:
Wangqiu Song, President, Stora Enso China, tel. +86 21 6335 3050
Kari Vainio, EVP, Corporate Communications, tel. +44 7799 348 197
Keith Russell, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +44 7775 788 659
Kari Tuomela, President, Guangxi, Stora Enso Forestry, tel. +86 139
786 61368

Previous press releases concerning Stora Enso's activities of Forest
Pulp and Paper Integration Project in China are available at
www.storaenso.com/press

-          25 September 2006: Stora Enso further expands its
plantations in Guangxi
-          20 June 2006: Stora Enso increases loan facility for its
operations in China
-              29 March  2006: Stora Enso  to sign  an agreement  for
co-operation with UNDP China
-          10 November 2005: Stora Enso strengthens its presence in
Guangxi
-          10 June 2005: Stora Enso signs loan agreement with
International Financing Corporation
-          31 March 2005: UNDP to Assess Environment and Social
Impact of a Forestry Investment Project in Guangxi, China

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