Su Yingxia, the lead author, is a Professor of Beijing Language and Culture University and got the title of "Beijing Language and Culture University Prominent Teacher" in 2012. She was a Visiting Professor of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 2004-2007 and acted as a Chinese President of Confucius Institute at Keimyung University in 2011-2014. Invited by Hanban, she worked as a teacher training expert in China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Belgium, Denmark and other countries. Her research areas include teaching Chinese vocabulary and grammar to non-native speakers and the compilation of Chinese textbooks. She published many papers, including Teaching Chinese in This Way: Language Skills, Skills for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. She also wrote a number of textbooks and a dictionary--A Chinese Dictionary for Learners and Teachers.