We start with Ms. Peng Zeng: a native speaker of Mandarin, she holds holds a B.A. in English from Beijin Foreign Studies University in China, and an M.A. in Pacific International Affairs with a focus on China and non-profit management from the University of California. She has presented several times on Chinese language, teaching pedagogy at foreign language education conferences at the national level. Prior to joining the China Institute, Ms. Zeng worked as program director of Mandarin Chinese language immersion after-school and summer programs at Shuang Wen School.

We are joined by Mr. Baoshi Jin: he has worked at the China National Tourism Administration before his current position, serving as assistant director of China National Tourist Office (CNTO) in New York since March 2009. The CNTO is one of nineteen overseas tourist offices set up by the China National Tourist Administration. Its main function is to promote China as a tourist destination through various means and channels. Based in Beijing, the Administration is directly under the State Council of China, in charge of tourism policy, destination marketing, industry quality supervision, and tourism human resources education, with overseas offices in such major markets as Japan, Korea, Russia, the U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, India, and Nepal, as well as Hong Kong and Taipei.