- The State Council also aims to achieve universal Mandarin use throughout the country, including in rural areas and among ethnic minorities, by 2035.
- China’s ruling Communist Party says language conformity is necessary for the sake of the economy and national unity.
- The Associated Press reported the order demanded further measures to “ensure that the national common spoken and written language is used as the official language of government agencies and used as the basic language of schools, news and publications, radio, film and television, public services and other fields.”
- It also calls on officials to promote Chinese in academia, international organizations and at global gatherings.
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- Critics pointed out that the steady erosion of languages was in part caused by changes to the Chinese education system and employment requirements. Some have called it a campaign to eradicate cultures that don’t conform with the dominant Han ethnic group.