ZHU Yong is a Professor and Deputy Dean at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University. His research focuses on: teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages, second language acquisition, and cross-cultural communication. He has published nearly 60 papers and two books, including Research on Beijing-flavored Literature Grading for European and American Chinese Learners, edited more than 10 textbooks such as Chinese Everyday Reading, Oral Chinese in the New Era, and “Case Trilogy” such as Case Studies and Analyses of International Chinese Language Teaching.