Developing Chinese (3rd Edition) is a set of systematic Chinese language teaching materials for adults that embodies the teaching concept of "development" and adopts the model of "integrating comprehensive language ability cultivation with specialized language skills training", which can be divides into three levels (elementary, intermediate and advanced) and six series (comprehensive, speaking, listening, reading, writing and elementary reading and writing), with a total of 28 volumes.

Developing Chinese (3rd Edition) Advanced Speaking Course II aims to train and improve learners’ advanced comprehensive oral expression skills and communicative competence in social life. This textbook consists of 13 lessons and 1 thematic activity. The texts are closely related to real life, covering topics such as procrastination, first impressions, family education, views on marriage, animal protection, life in big cities and so on, so as to expose learners to a wide variety of authentic language materials as much as possible. Each lesson includes sections such as “Expressing Opinions”, “Learning to Express”, “Text”, “Classroom Activities and Tasks”, “Text Link” and “What I Have Learned”. The “Thematic Activity” section provides suggested tasks, which can be regarded as a complete process from information searching, idea organizing, and language planning to oral presentation, namely a comprehensive test of learners’ overall oral performance.

Li Quan, Editor-in-Chief, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chinese Studies and Cultural Exchange, Renmin University of China. Professor Li is also a member of the National Steering Committee for Postgraduate Education of International Chinese Language Education, vice president of the Beijing Language Association, executive director of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, and editorial board member of various journals such as Chinese Teaching in the World and Applied Linguistics.