Liyong Wang is an experienced Chinese language lecturer in the Confucius Institute at The University of Western Australia. He holds a postgraduate degree in Chinese Language and Culture Teaching from Beijing Language and Cultural University, internationally renowned for its teaching in Chinese as a second language. He started his Chinese teaching career shortly after graduating in 1988 and has taught in universities in China, Belgium and Australia. Mr Wang’s 25 year Chinese teaching career has enriched his experience and equipped him with skills in training students from different cultural and language backgrounds. He is enthusiastic about sharing the 5000-year-old Chinese language and culture with new friends