WU Yongyi is a Professor of School of International Chinese Studies at the East China Normal University, a member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, and Vice President and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Linguistic Society. His main research interests are Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, International Chinese Language Education, Second Language Acquisition, Theory and Pedagogy of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language, Cultivation and Development of Chinese Language Teachers, etc. His main works include Teaching Methods for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language; Research on Teaching Methods for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language; Selected Essays of Famous Chinese Teaching Experts: A Collection of Wu Yongyi’s Essays.