AP Chinese Language and Culture Development Committee

Meet the high school and college educators who develop the AP Chinese Language and Culture course and exam.

2024-25 Development Committee Members

AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty.

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the AP Chinese Language and Culture course and exam. They represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. 

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Yu (Joyce) Wu, University of Rhode Island – Kingston, Rhode Island
  •  Shofei Chiu, Arnold O. Beckman High School – Irvine, California

Committee Members

  • Chunsheng Yang, University of Connecticut – Storrs, Connecticut
  • Shuai Li, Georgia State University – Atlanta, Georgia
  • Xiaohong Teng, Fountain Valley School of Colorado–Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Ariana Koers, V. Sue Cleveland High School – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
  • Ran An, BASIS Chandler High School – Chandler, Arizona

Chief Reader

Xinda Lian, Denison University – Granville, Ohio