Photographs of the State Dinner in Honor of President Hu Jintao of China, 2011
The White House hosted a State Dinner in honor of China on January 19, 2011. The State Dinner honored President Hu Jintao of China.
There are photos of President Jintao’s arrival; a private reception in the Yellow Oval Room; greeting guests in the Grand Foyer; President Obama and Prime Minister Sign delivering toasts; and performances by Herbie Hancock, Lang Lang, Chris Botti, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Peter Martin and Dianne Reeves.
2087 assets
- Photographs
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.
The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration. This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:
- P (for Presidential photographs)
- MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
- XX (Photographer’s initials)
- [dash]
- Frame number
Electronic Records
2011 China State Dinner Photos contains 2087 photographs, of which 2066 are released in full and 21 are withheld in full.
Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.
Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
Staff Archivists, 2023.
