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In 2015 President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the goal of the 1 Million Strong initiative, which is, as stated on the U.S.-China Strong website, “to grow the next generation of leaders who have a deeper understanding of China by creating a pipeline of China-savvy employees in a range of critical industries, and ensuring that U.S. students from all backgrounds have the opportunity to gain China-related skills.” There are three main pillars for this initiative, which are to endorse Mandarin curricular norms at the K-12 level, more than double the number of Mandarin language teachers in the U.S., and to engage technology platforms for accessibility of Mandarin language learning around the country. Implementation partners for the curriculum piece are: Better Chinese, National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL), and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). For the teacher training piece, University of Maryland, NCSSFL, ACTFL, University of Washington, and NYU Steinhardt were named as implementation partners. For the final piece, the technology platform, Mandarin Matrix, VIPKID, and the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon were named. CASLS is honored to be helping with the U.S.-China Strong’s 1 Million Strong initiative to grow U.S. Mandarin language learning to 1 million by 2020.