As one of the key international events of the third Beijing October Literature Month in 2018, "The Second Foreign Translator Residency Program", sponsored by the October Literature Institute and Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House, was successfully closed. This residency program invited Di Xing, a sinologist and translator from the University of Edinburgh, to the October Literature Institute. She has translated the works of Yan Geling and Yu Dan, and Especially Able to Fight by Shi Yifeng.

Di Xing and Shi Yifeng had an in-depth exchange, especially on the creative concept, creative background, writing style, character setting and scene description, which laid a foundation for the next translation work.

The "Foreign Translator Residency Program" was jointly established by the October Literature Institute and Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House. The first session was launched in 2017. The plan is ground-breaking and will continue to operate to attract more foreign translators for the overseas translation and copyright export of "October" works.