Sinolingua, a member of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), was founded in 1986. It is China's first publisher specializing in Chinese-language teaching and learning materials for foreigners, and a prestigious brand in this field.

Sinolingua mainly publishes books, audio-video products and multimedia software on teaching Chinese as a foreign language, including textbooks, HSK books, teacher's manuals, reference books, theoretical works on language teaching and learning, and supplementary reading materials on Chinese culture in over 40 languages. It also plays a leading role in China's multimedia teaching software development. Its Interactive Chinese published in eleven language versions is the first of this kind in China and has sold about 60000 sets