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With the ever-growing rate of smartphone and tablet use, mobile learning is one of the most significant educational trends we should pay attention to. It is evident that the concept of literacy needs to be expanded to include mobile learning abilities. As for literacy, merely teaching children how to read and write is not enough anymore. It is more critical to teach children how to utilize mobile learning sources. In the same sense, mobile learning is more and more important to the field of Chinese pedagogy. The need for various mobile learning resources especially for children is highly increasing. In order to create high-quality Chinese mobile learning resources, it is essential to examine and evaluate Chinese learning apps in current use. However, while reviewing the Chinese apps that have been released on the open market, we found that apps made for adults are more numerous than those specifically meant for children. Considering this, it is clear that there is a severe lack of educational material for children's Chinese education that is accessible by smart devices. Therefore, we conclude that offering various, high-quality contents is absolutely necessary for children that are learning Chinese. Therefore, this study evaluates the top 10 most popular Chinese learning apps for children by applying "guidelines on e-learning quality certification" presented by KERIS(Korea Education & Research Information Service). As a result, we have found out there are a variety of activities by the level of learners in 10 apps. These apps include play, game, children's song, and children's story. Also, they provide various multi-media contents like video, image, and sound tracks which facilitate the learners' studying and promote them to study more easily and excitingly. But it has been found that in term of both motivation strategy and interaction factors, there was not enough to arouse the learner's interest. Ultimately, this study shows the layout of a Chinese learning app which is so accessible, interesting, and attractive to children that they can use it as assisting equipment. Furthermore it is able to promote the children who want to learn Chinese to take an active part in learning activities. The design for this Chinese learning app is expected to contribute to the learning of Chinese on Mobile.