Language planning of China: Accomplishments and failures

Youguang, Zhou

doi:10.1075/japc.11.1.03you

Article published In: Language Management and Language Problems: Part II
Edited by Björn H. Jernudd
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 11:1] 2001
► pp. 9–16

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Language planning of China

Accomplishments and failures

Zhou Youguang | Beijing

Published online: 8 May 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.11.1.03you

Language Planning is called Language Reform in China. The chief aims are:

1. To standardize and popularize the lingua franca of China;

2. To write in vernacular style instead of the traditional classic style;

3. To design and promote a system of Chinese phonetic symbols;

4. To simplify the Chinese characters;

5. To design and, if needed, improve writing systems for minor

nationalities.

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