ZHAO Shouhui is a Founding Professor of the Chinese Program in the Foreign Language Department of the University of Bergen, Norway, a Ph.D. in linguistics from University of Sydney. He used to hold position of the Chairperson for the Nordic Association for China Sturogram. He serves on the editorial board of academic journals such as Current Issues of Language Planning (Routledge) and Journal of Asia Pacific Communication (John Benjamins), etc. His academic interests include Chinese applied linguistics, Chinese language education in Singapore schools, Chinese character standardization and computerization. He has published over 80 journal papers, many textbooks and co-authored books in Chinese or English, such as Planning Chinese Characters: Evolution, Revolution and Reaction and China through the Dynasties: Cultural and Historical Milestones.