New Practical Chinese Reader (Spanish Edition) is a series of textbooks designed for native Spanish speakers who are starting to learn Chinese. It can be used by self-learners and can also be taught in the classroom. The purpose of this book is to develop the learner's communicative ability in Chinese by learning language structures, functions and related cultural knowledge as well as by training their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

There are detailed teaching instructions, answers to the listening exercises and listening script in the instructor's manual. Two tests and answers to the tests are also provided.

An accompanying CD includes the recording of the tests and is sold in separation form.