Huang Mengfu, Chairman, China Foundation for Human Rights Development, speaks about China's development at Harvard University

The dinner, on April 20, 2006, affords the president of the People’s Republic of China his only opportunity to offer a public address in Washington, DC.

Leading American and Chinese legal officials, academics and attorneys gathered to discuss developments in four areas of law that affect human rights: (1) open government and government secrecy, (2) pretrial detention, (3) the role of lawyers and (4) administrative punishment.