Perry Link began his study of Chinese at Harvard University in 1963 with Rulan Pian, daughter of Yuen Ren Chao.  He is now Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at Princeton University and Chancellorial Chair for Teaching Across Disciplines at the University of California, Riverside.  He is co-founder with C.P. Chou of the Princeton-in-Beijing summer program and has taught beginning or second-year Chinese more than 30 times, primarily at Princeton but also at Harvard, Middlebury College, UCLA, Princeton-in-Beijing, and UC Riverside.  He is co-author of Chinese Primer, a textbook for absolute beginners, and Oh, China!, a beginning-level textbook for heritage learners.

Joël Bellassen is the first General Inspector of Chinese Language in the French Ministry of Education, the PhD supervisor at the Institut de langues et culture orientales in Paris, the vice president of the World Society for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, the president of the European Association for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and a famous sinologist in France. He was responsible for the development and revision of the national Chinese language syllabus and examination syllabus in France, and the assessment and employment of Chinese language teachers. He is the first doctoral supervisor for Chinese pedagogy in Europe, and the founder and honorary president of the French Chinese Teachers Association. He is a part-time researcher at the Institute of Chinese Language and Culture Education at Beijing Language and Culture University, and a visiting professor of the School of Chinese Culture and International Communication at Beihang University and Chongqing Jiaotong University.

He has edited more than 40 books and teaching materials, such as "A key to Chinese Speech and writing", “Research on Chinese Language Education in France”, "Explanation of the Use of Chinese Grammar", "The Ideographic Kingdom of Chinese Characters", "China recycled" and “Intercultural Chinese Pedagogy”. In addition, he has published more than 140 academic articles.

Cornelius C. (Neil) Kubler is Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies at Williams College, where he founded and for many years chaired the Department of Asian Studies. He is concurrently adjunct University Chair Professor in the Graduate Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Chengchi University in Taipei and has served as Visiting Professor at National Taiwan Normal University, National Tsing Hua University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. He served from 2014 to 2016 as American Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing and has directed intensive Chinese language training programs in the U.S., China, and Taiwan. Previously he was Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese Language Training Supervisor and Chair of the Department of Asian & African Languages at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, and served for 6 years as Principal of the AIT Chinese Language & Area Studies School in Taipei. He is principal author of the new Basic Mandarin Chinese series and has published over 60 articles and 33 books on Chinese language pedagogy and linguistics.

Joo-eock Maeng is currently Professor Emeritus at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea, Professor Emeritus at Minzu University of China and Vising Professor at Taiwan Normal University. He is President of the Committee of 100 for Global Chinese Teaching & Research and Managing Director of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching. He has previously served as Visiting Professor at Beijing Language and Culture University, National Tsinghua University, Hong Kong University of Education and Yanbian University. He has also served as President of the Asia-Pacific International Chinese Teaching Association and Vice President of the World Chinese Teaching Association. His research areas include Chinese language acquisition, phonetics, translation and intercultural communication.