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 (Ⅰ) aims to train and improve learners’ comprehensive advanced spoken Chinese expression ability and communication skills in social life. This textbook consists of 13 lessons and 1 activity page. The content is closely connected to real life, covering topics such as common life knowledge, life stories, questionnaires, debates, etc., with the intention of exposing learners to a wide variety of language materials as much as possible. Each lesson includes sections such as “Learning Expression”, “Warm-up”, “Text”, “In-class Activities & Tasks”, “Text Links”, and “My Gains”. The “Activity Page” is designed for oral tests, output presentations, or thematic activities. Guided by mind maps, it helps cultivate learners’ habit of thinking in Chinese and their critical thinking ability, while enhancing their awareness and ability of autonomous learning. Additionally, the mind map format in the Activity Page can also be used for the learning and review of each lesson.

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.