Research on the Current State of Chinese Language Teaching in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia

\nTeaching mandarin is a part of the teaching foreign languages in the world. The teaching targets are the groups of teaching mandarin as the second language. However, regarding the mandarin teaching materials in overseas areas aren't optimistic. This study uses limited surveys of mandarin textbooks in the school, university in Riau Island province of Indonesia, and local mandarin textbooks published by Indonesian bookstores. In recent years, with the close cooperation between Indonesia and China in various aspects. In Indonesia, especially in the Riau Islands Province, there has been a wave of learning Chinese, and Chinese teaching has shown a good development trend. In addition, the rise of Chinese textbooks and teaching in Indonesia has developed rapidly and vigorously in terms of content, quantity, type and other aspects. This study conducted a comprehensive investigation on the publication and use of Chinese textbooks in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia through field visits, questionnaires and interviews, analyzed their characteristics and usage, and then discussed the achievements and shortcomings of existing textbooks, and put forward some suggestions for the construction of Chinese textbooks in Indonesia in the future. The first part is the introduction, including the origin of the topic, a review of related research, the significance and methods of this study. The second part is a review of the history and development of Chinese teaching in Indonesia. The third part describes the publishing status and usage of Chinese textbooks in Riau Islands, Indonesia. The fourth part is the characteristics and conclusion of Chinese textbooks of different levels and different applicable objects in Riau Islands, Indonesia, combining the objective evaluation of Chinese textbooks with the feedback of users to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the textbooks.\n