HELSINKI, Finland, June 12 - Stora Enso today announced that Stora Enso and representatives of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government have today signed a memorandum of understanding for jointly conducting a prefeasibility study covering industrial-scale plantations and integrated pulp and paper operations in Guangxi Zhuang. Stora Enso considers Guangxi a promising region for the forest products industry and a good source of raw material. Guangxi is a rapidly developing area where great emphasis will be put on sustainable and environmentally sound development of forest plantations and the pulp and paper industry. This project is in line with Stora Enso's aim of having access to the most competitive fibre from socially and environmentally sound sources.