About IATEFL China  The China Branch of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL China), established in 2002, is the biggest TEFL development organisation in China. IATEFL China evolved from TEFL-China, formed in 1997, which, in collaboration with the National Basic Foreign Language Teaching Research Centre and National Normal Tertiary Foreign Language Teaching Research Association, spearheaded the development of English language education across China. Since TEFL-China’s affiliation to IATEFL in 2002, it has continued to expand its activities in this field. From its inception, IATEFL China has had an unparalleled record of organizing nearly thirty TEFL activities a year. These activities include: educational research; establishment of experimental schools; teacher development programmes; organising conferences, symposia, lectures, seminars, workshops; organizing national summer camps and national English teaching/ learning contests; materials design; proficiency testing; consultancy work. IATEFL China has held three successful international conferences, enabling thousands of TEFL professionals from China and abroad to share their knowledge and expertise. In addition IATEFL China has formed good collaboration with teachers’ associates across the world and has actively promoted learning and sharing amongst and between them. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education，IATEFL China started its first international teacher training programme in 2001. These teacher training programmes have, to date, benefitted more than 600 grassroots teachers to be trained in the U.K. from all over China. IATEFL China works in close collaboration with provincial and local educational bureaus and has so far established 800 National Experimental Schools across China. This has made it possible for work at IATEFL China’s research center to be closely connected with local TEFL practices, and for the center to produce two academic journals, namely Foreign Language Teaching and Research in Basic Education, a monthly journal, and English Teaching and Research Notes in Normal Colleges, a bimonthly publication. To foster high standards in TEFL, IATEFL China regularly administers national English proficiency tests and contests at primary, junior secondary and senior secondary school levels. Through its many various activities, IATEFL China has become an important non-government language education organization of high profile and reputation, not only among EFL teachers and researchers, but also at different levels of government education authorities.