Practical Communicative Chinese is the research finding on “Specialized Teaching Materials for The Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”. This set focuses on cultivating Chinese learners’ Chinese communication competence, and designs for primary Chinese learners from “Belt and Road” countries, especially Southeast Asian countries. The whole set consists of 4 volumes, each of which includes 6 communicative parts, 24 communicative functions and 2 comprehensive practices. The communicative functions involved include “meeting and greeting”, “asking for help”, “shopping and bargaining”, “sports and fitness”, “medical treatment”, “tourism”, etc., which can meet the common communication needs of international students in daily life, study and travel. All communication topics are derived from practice and are highly realistic and practical. The textbook design pays special attention to the application of digital technology, and provides various resources including audio recording, animation, Chinese writing video, etc., which enable readers to have a good interactive experience.

This is the first volume, which contains communication scenes such as “meeting and greeting”, “consulting information”, “farewell”, “asking the time”, “finding a location” and “exchanging money for shopping”.