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The article describes the structure, thematic content and lingua-didactic basis of the textbook "Theory and practice of teaching writing. How to write a perfect essay in Chinese". This textbook combines the best traditions of teaching writing skills and scientific approaches to introducing Chinese lexicology, theory of grammar and language stylistics. Moreover, authors pay special attention to training practical skills of students, and, subsequently, every unit has models of compositions of different discourse and exercises, which make students to write their own ideal essays. With the development of new national standards controlling the quality of the Chinese language learning, such as intellectual competitions, namely the All-Russian Chinese Language Olympiad, and the Unified State Exam, it becomes necessary to develop a new ‘generation’ of textbooks, which will take into account the specific trends of modern foreign language education.