The Fourth China International Conference on Speech Therapy will be held in Beijing, P.R. China, as an international conference of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Rehabilitation Medical Doctor Branch, the Beijing Rehabilitation Medical Association, Hearing and Speech Branch, and the University of Minnesota Duluth. The conference will bring together speech-language pathologists, and related clinical rehabilitation professionals from Australia, China, Hong Kong,Saudi Arabia and the United States to discuss clinical applications dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of speech, hearing, language, and swallowing disorders.