2011年6月22日,本届啤酒节组委会在北京人民大会堂举行新闻发布会,组委会副主任、大连星海湾开发建设管理中心主任林浩,向到会记者全面介绍了本届啤酒节各项活动和相关工作安排及准备情况。按照“每年7月最后一个星期四开幕”的约定原则,第13届中国国际啤酒节定于2011年7月28日至8月8日在大连星海广场举办, On June 22, 2011, the organizing committee of the Oktoberfest held a press conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Lin Hao, deputy director of the Organizing Committee and Director of Xinghai Bay Development and Construction Management Center in Dalian, briefed the reporters at this session Oktoberfest activities and related work arrangements and preparation. The 13th China International Beer Festival is scheduled to be held in Dalian Xinghai Square from July 28 to August 8, 2011 according to the principle of “opening on the last Thursday of July each year”