As a translator and editor for more than 30 years, Huang Youyi is a long-time proponent of the language and translation profession. He served as vice president of the International Federation of Translators (FIT), vice president and editor-in-chief of the China International Publishing Group. Currently he is executive vice president of Translators Association of China (TAC), vice president of the China Academy of Translation, chairman of the China National Committee on MTI Education, chairman of the English Specialists Committee of China Aptitude Test for Translators and Interpreters (CATTI), and editor-in-chief of the Chinese Translators Journal. He was awarded the FIT Medal of Golden Pin in recognition of his contribution, and the Special Contribution Award by TAC for his 20-plus years'of dedicated service to the organization and the translation profession.