This series of textbooks are designed for international students of pre-university programs in China, which aims to build a bridge for students to study from general Chinese to Chinese for liberal arts after one semester of study, and lays a linguistic and knowledge base before taking their undergraduate studies in the liberal arts.

Dr. Zhang Jun, an Associate Professor of Beijing Language and Culture University, devotes himself to the studies of Chinese international education, language testing, second language acquisition and other fields. He has published many papers in CSSCI source journals and undertaken various scientific projects. Besides these, he has taught a variety of Chinese courses for students, and training courses for teachers at both home and abroad. Dr. Zhang wrote HSK Standard Course 4(A & B), Experiencing Chinese (Intermediate Course)(I & II), and other textbooks planned by Hanban. With rich experience in Chinese teaching, textbook compilation and Chinese testing, Dr. Zhang has for many years been engaged in the organization, proposition and interview of many national Chinese tests, including HSK, new HSK, CTEST, CTEST, and the final test for international students of pre-university programs to apply Chinese Government Scholarship.