I Language-related content in the official documents of other national ministries and commissions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editorial Teams of the English Edition XI
4. Introduction. 1 The language situation in China: 2014 1
5. Part I Special report
6. 2 One decade of The Language Situation in China 15
7. 3 Ten years of language monitoring and research in China 35
8. Part II Special focuses
9. 4 Promoting mutual enhancement of language ability, furthering human development and social progress – Address at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Language 53
10. 5 Enhancing language ability and education for the 21st century – Address at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Language 61
11. 6 Modern interpretations of language functions: cross-civilizational dialogue, narrowing divides, and building new humanism – Address at the plenary session of the International Conference on Language 65
12. 7 Enhancing language ability and promoting civilizational exchanges – Address at the plenary session of the International Conference on Language 73
13. 8 Making greater contributions to the enhancement of humanity’s language ability and the progress of human civilization – Address at the closing ceremony of the International Conference on Language 85
14. 9 Conclusions of the International Conference on Language (Suzhou Conclusions) (June 6, 2014, Suzhou, China) 89
15. Part III Special fields
16. 10 Diverse and colorful National Reading 93
17. 11 Overview of recent writing tasks on the Senior Secondary Entrance Examination 105
18. 12 Survey of the state of practical writing studies among Nanjing primary school students 115
19. 13 Survey of the state of language among new and earlier rural migrant workers 129
20. 14 The state of banking language services 145
21. 15 Survey of the state of research and use of minority sign languages 159
22. 16 Survey of sign language comprehension in the CCTV program Focus On 175
23. 17 Survey of language in public service announcements in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou 183
24. 18 Survey of language use in white and color papers 207
25. 19 Report on language phenomena on the Chinese Internet 225
26. 20 State of development of the Confucius Institutes 237
27. 21 State of development of overseas Chinese education 253
28. Part IV Hot topics
29. 22 Galvanizing reforms to foreign languages on the college entrance examination 267
30. 23 Internet language norms incite heated debate 281
31. 24 English slang with “Chinese intonation” 299
32. Part V Words and passages
33. 25 Characters and words of 2014 as mementos of history 311
34. 26 Hot topics in society among the neologisms of 2014 317
35. 27 China and the world in the popular phrases of 2014 331
36. 28 The grassroots diversity of Internet slang in 2014 345
37. 29 The powerful impact of shilian 357
38. 30 Words that have experienced “expressional” changes in recent years 369
39. Part VI Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
40. 31 Language education in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools 383
41. 32 The media of instruction at institutions of higher education in Macau 399
42. 33 The state of language life in Taiwan (2014) 405
43. Appendices
44. I Language-related content in the official documents of other national ministries and commissions 419
45. II Recommended Chinese translations of foreign-language terms (batches 1–3) 437
46. III The first batch of terms for the “Project for the Translation and Communication of Key Concepts in Chinese Culture and Thought” 445
47. IV Chronology of major events in language life 2014 449
48. Index 461