New Horizon College English Textbook was published on 20 1 1 by Zheng Shutang. One of the key projects of the Ministry of Education's "2 1 Century Revitalization Action Plan" approved by the State Council, "Network Course Construction Project in the New Century", with Professor Zheng Shutang as the general manager of the project and the editor-in-chief of the teaching materials. Experts and professors from more than a dozen key universities in China participated in the compilation, and Hu Wenzhong and other domestic and foreign experts served as consultants.

New Horizon College English (Second Edition) series textbooks are national planning textbooks for general higher education during the 11th Five-Year Plan period. On the basis of maintaining the advantages of the first edition, this textbook has comprehensively improved and perfected the overall structure and content according to the spirit of College English Curriculum Requirements and the development direction of college English teaching. New Horizon College English (Second Edition), as a set of three-dimensional college English textbooks combining modern information technology, provides multi-level, multi-channel and three-dimensional services for college English teaching under the new situation through the organic combination of textbooks, CDs, networks and other different carriers. Advanced teaching concept: the teaching process is fully considered in the compilation of teaching materials, the innovation of teaching content, teaching mode, teaching methods and teaching means is emphasized, the principle of classified guidance and individualized teaching is followed, and the combination of classroom teaching and autonomous learning is advocated to improve language ability and cultivate learning strategies.