Ever since the founding of TLI in 1956, the school has been given the name of “Chines teaching center for foreign students”.
For over six decades, TLI have trained over ten-thousand Chinese teachers, all of who have become renowned in their own fields, such as Prof. Gongyi Kao from Stanford University, Prof. Zhiping Zhou from Princeton University, Prof. Chih-Chiao Chao from Chicago University, Prof. Bi-Lun Shih from Cornell University, Prof. Guangcai Chen from Wisconsin University, Prof. Siqi Chen and Prof. Huangyi Xia from Washington University, Prof. Helen Lin from Yale University, Prof. Shangxian He from University of Hawaii, Prof. Hsiao-Min Wang from Whittier University, Prof. Aiying Sun from University of California, San Diego, Prof. Xue-Ping Wu of US Defense Language Institute, Prof. Chunhua Yu and Prof. Yichun Tsung from University of Toronto, Prof. Jiming Yi from Hong Kong Chinese University, Prof. Fanghua Ju from Singapore Nanyang University, and Mr. Yu Hou (Personal Mandarin teacher of Lee Kuan Yew, president of Singapore), they are all examples of Chinese teachers that honors TLI.
For over sixty years, TLI teachers are hired by department of Chinese in many foreign universities, including Canada, United States, Japan, as well as Taiwan.