Nearly 800 guests from various sectors of the United States, including Laura Rosenberger, senior director for China affairs at the White House National Security Council, attended the reception, which was replete with performances of Chinese and US artists and Chinese dishes featured in a "Chinese Gourmet Night".
Kyle Dillingham, founding member of Horseshoe Road, who was nicknamed "Oklahoma's musical ambassador", played Old Friends and The Girl from Dabancheng on violin, blending Chinese and Western music.
