Carolina China Network, partnered with Carolina China Council, sent a group of students to take in the magnificent performance of China National Orchestra and Carolina International Orchestra, playing together in a two-week tour in the United States with huge success. 10 award-winning artists along with their conductor He Jianguo and director Xi Qiang performed concerts. The China National Orchestra delegates also gave lectures with on stage demonstration on Chinese traditional music to students, professionals and the general public in Washington DC, Raleigh, Pinehurst and Sanford, NC. The CNO's Trans-Pacific tour brought Chinese traditional music and music instruments to Americans, and to most of them, for the first time.