Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his visit to Roots International School.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has offered to send 1,000 Chinese language teachers to Pakistan.
Appreciating the Pakistani students’ interest to learn the Chinese language during a visit to Islamabad chapter of Roots International Schools (RIS) the other day, Premier Li said he would continue the efforts to promote Chinese language in Pakistan.
He said China will also extend scholarships to Pakistani students for higher studies.
Premier Li highlighted the need for a mounting collaboration in a variety of fields between the two countries.
RIS is one of the leading institutions in Pakistan teaching Chinese language.
The chief executive of RIS Walid Mushtaq welcoming the Chinese premier said Chinese immersion programmes are among the fastest-growing areas of language education in different schools all over the world.
In this regard, RIS has introduced Chinese in the school to offer the students command over a different language.
For its language programme, RIS is affiliated to the Confucius Institute which is a non-profit public institution aligned with the Government of the People’s Republic of China aiming at the promotion of Chinese language all over the world.
Cultural exchange programmes and Chinese immersion programmes would progressively ascend the bond to an utmost level, Mushtaq said.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 25th, 2013.
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@Muhammad Shafiq Asif:
Sir Jee. Research is mainly conducted in English Language. Today English is the Language of Science, technology and research. Chinese are only copying the ideas. When Chinese General few years back went to US, there he said that China is legging behind US for almost 20 years in science and technology, US should not afraid of us. By the way I like your sentence "Language is learned to get penetrate in the research and knowledge of the nation".
Farman Nawaz,
Language is not learned only for Job. Language is learned to get penetrate in the research and knowledge of the nation or country and to work mutually.
Chinese are learning English while we will start learning Chinese. Stupid Idea. how much Pakistanis Chinese markets can absorb? If China starts giving us jobs like Arab countries, European countries and US, then definitely we must learn Chinese otherwise it is just waste of time. By the way why China is not ready to give us bail package like S. Arabia to let us handle load shedding problem? Chinese relations are just confined to Pak army. It was China whose President or PM( I have forgotten exactly) said that Zia is the interpreter of the real Pakistani wishes.
Yes, I believe learning Chinese will be very beneficial as Chinese is one of the most widely spoken language besides English. Learning Mandarin Chinese would help us access new opportunities, A good relationship with China would help our economy as it is. Nevertheless, Our people must embrace the Chinese Language and not reject it, Some of our people are too blind to see the possibilities.
A good gesture we should respond positively, there is no harm in learning foreign language especially that of an economic superpower.
China is the world's next super power and learning Chinese will be very beneficial for Pakistan. Even in Australia and New Zealand the government is pushing students to learn Chinese and become proficient at it to secure top jobs.