Mark Bolding and Zhu Yan currently reside in Houston, TX. They are formerly residents of Changzhou, China, having relocated to the USA in 2005. They have extensive knowledge of the business world, social and everyday life in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

Yan, the daughter of bank presidents, worked in the banking industry for one of the four government owned banks in China, the Agricultural Bank of China. In her 18 year tenure at the Agricultural Bank in Changzhou, she served as a joint venture loan official with emphasis on overseas joint venture loans. She is accredited by the government of China as a loan officer. Yan attended Nanjing Teacher's University, '86, majoring in English and is fluent . In her banking capacities, Yan served as an  English translator within the bank and was asked to take extensive English continuing education instruction throughout her career. She has  also taught beginner ESL at the primary school level .  She lived in the Eastern China for her entire life and knows the people and business community there intimately. Yan hopes to be able to assist teachers from abroad to understand Chinese people and customs.

Mark Bolding worked in Changzhou, China as a foreign English instructor from 2003 to 2005 at the Wujin Hutang Experimental Junior Middle School located just outside of Changzhou. He is very familiar with the Chinese way of life, thinking and history. Mark has worked in many fields of human service including healthcare administration, teaching and ministry. He has worked in many aspects of languages services management in Houston and currently works at a area hospital in the business department.

Being raised in Jiangsu Province, Yan can give the prospective student an idea of what the society is like there and Mark can give them an idea of what a foreigner can expect. Mark and Yan recruit teachers for the Chinese educational system at no cost to the candidates. Representatives from the Jiangsu Province Education Department in Nanjing contacted them after they relocated to the USA and asked for help due to the acute need for professional teachers in the Province. It is their hope that many teachers from America can assist the youth of China while learning about and personally experiencing the China that they both love so dearly.