Hanyu Pinyin is a Latin Pinyin scheme for Chinese characters promulgated by People's Republic of China (PRC), which refers to the phonetic syllables of standard pronunciation of Mandarin in modern Chinese, and consists of letters and spellings specified in the Hanyu Pinyin scheme. 1955-1957 was studied and formulated by the Chinese Pinyin Scheme Committee of the former China Language Reform Commission (now the State Language Commission).