More than 220,000 foreigners studying in Mainland campuses
The number of foreigners studying on the mainland exceeded 200,000 for the first time last year as more students were drawn by the country's growing economic clout and government publicity campaigns abroad.
The number of foreigners studying on the mainland exceeded 200,000 for the first time last year as more students were drawn by the country's growing economic clout and government publicity campaigns abroad.
Chinese language (Mandarin)
is the most spoken language in the world.
According to statistics:
Mandarin: 1.21 billion
Hindi: 366 million
Spanish: 417 million
(including second language speakers)
English: 341 million
(1.5 billion first and additional language spoken)
is the most spoken language in the world.
According to statistics:
Mandarin: 1.21 billion
Hindi: 366 million
Spanish: 417 million
(including second language speakers)
English: 341 million
(1.5 billion first and additional language spoken)
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Mainland plans rail linking Beijing to Taipei
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland is "actively planning" a cross-Taiwan Straits rail line linking Beijing with Taipei, according to the Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun.
The rail via Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province, will be part of the network that connects the mainland and Taiwan, said Liu. In a meeting with Liu on the sidelines of the annual session of the National Peopl
e's Congress, Lu Zhangong, also proposed to plan a rail line that links Xiamen in Fujian and Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The ministry has been boosting railway construction in the coastal province of Fujian, planning 6,000 kms of rails inside the province by 2015 with a total investment of 350 billion yuan (about US$51.5 billion).The railway network is expected to lay a foundation of transport infrastructure for the "cross-Straits economic zone" proposed by some members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference during their annual session this March.
The zone may cover Fujian, provinces around it and Taiwan, according to the proposal. The shortest distance between Xiamen and Taiwan is only 1,800 meters.
Fujian has started construction on a high-speed rail line linking provincial capital Fuzhou and Xiamen. The rail line is scheduled to be completed at the end of July and put into use in November.
The mainland and Taiwan signed a series of landmark agreements on direct air, sea transport and postal services last November. Such direct links formally started on December 15.
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