Rich Content
Covering various official settings and cultural knowledge

Real and Practical
Organizing according to real-life business activities User-friendly with strong sense of the times

Scientifically Designed
Clear explanations, focused exercises, helpful through various kinds of practice

With MP3 Disc
Putonghua pronunciations helping learners develop their listening and speaking skills

Target reader
Practical Chinese for Official Functions, through the official activities of an international organization in China named Edu, helps learners understand and learn the knowledge and skills needed for official business in China. This course is designed for expatriates at intermediate Chinese level who are engaged in official business in embassies, companies, UN agencies and missions of international organizations in China.

Content
Edu is a fictitious international education organization aimed at helping the third world countries with their education.

Main characters
Dule: Chief Representative of Edu in China. He is optimistic, humorous and diplomatic.
Jenny: Dule's wife, Chief Administrator of Edu.
Jack: Project Officer of Edu.
Miss Lin: Secretary and interpreter of Edu.
     
There are altogether 26 acts in the ten episodes throughout the whole book, which uses Jack's working experience in China as a clue, and teaches learners vocabulary, sentence patterns, knowledge and skills needed for official functions through the description of several grand events including World Education Exhibition, fund raising for the education of the disabled. Each episode contains five parts, namely, text, new words, background information, exercises and reading materials. Chinese Pinyin and English translation are also included. To make the language vivid and practical, typical scenes of official business are designed in the form of dialogues. As a result, the characters can communicate with each other with clearly defined tasks and objectives, and the learners can learn as if they were present on the scene.