Li Quan, Editor-in-Chief, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chinese Studies and Cultural Exchange, Renmin University of China. Professor Li is also a member of the National Steering Committee for Postgraduate Education of International Chinese Language Education, vice president of the Beijing Language Association, executive director of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, and editorial board member of various journals such as Chinese Teaching in the World and Applied Linguistics.

Intermediate starters who have learnt the elementary courses can use this book. 

The textbook consists of 28 lessons in total, and each lesson is suggested to finish in 2 class hours.