E. Owens Conference at Austin College in Sherman on October 11 and 12, 2000.
All sessions are open to the public at no charge.
Ambassador Chen joined the Foreign Service in 1954, and subsequently served in the Chinese embassy in Finland and in the General Office, the departments of Western European Affairs and of Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry. He served as counselor at the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations and to the Department of Western European Affairs of the Foreign Ministry. He retired from the foreign ministry in 1996 and now serves as the vice president and director general of the United Nations Association of China and vice chairman of the executive committee of World Federation of UN Associations. Dr. Hamrin is an independent researcher and consultant, who also serves as a Senior Associate with several nonprofit organizations supporting social services in China. She was the senior China research specialist at the Department of State for the past 25 years.