The "Series of Specialized Chinese Textbooks for Foreigners Studying in China" is suitable for foreigners in China who major in Science & Engineering, Western Medicine, Economics & Trade, Chinese Medicine and relevant subjects and whose Chinese proficiency is at the elementary or intermediate level. It aims at training students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills which are essential in their study of Science & Engineering, Western Medicine, Economics & Trade, Chinese Medicine and other subjects, teaching them the basic vocabulary, word-building rules, expressions and sentence patterns for the specific subject and paving their way to undergraduate studies.

Ms. Xu Jing holds a master’s degree in education and a doctorate degree in medicine. In 2001, Ms. Xu entered into Beijing Language and Culture University to study TCFL testing and measurement after Prof. Xie Xiaoqing. In 2004, she began to work in the International School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, where she has accumulated rich experience in teaching Chinese as a foreign language through the teaching of Chinese for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Ms. Xu became a M.D. candidate in 2007, since when she has realized the interdisciplinary combination of TCFL and Chinese Medicine and has made continuous progress in the forefront of the exploration and study of teaching foreigners Chinese and Traditional Chinese Medicine.