Chinese Research on Language Policy in Context of Initiative “One Belt, One Road”

Abstract

The features of the organization of research in China in the field of language policy, the importance of understanding which is due to the implementation of the Chinese initiative “One Belt, One Road.” It is shown that the success of the implementation of this project is directly related to the language policy implemented both in the People’s Republic of China and in the countries in the sphere of interests of the initiative “One Belt, One Road.” It is noted that in recent years there has been a tendency to intensify research on the language policy of the countries which are along the main economic routes of this project. The author analyzes the studies in the Chinese CNKI database, on the basis of which he argues that the interest of scientists in the language policy of foreign countries, including the former Soviet republics before 1991, was clearly expressed as a result of the adoption of the initiative “One Belt, One Road.” It is shown that the scientific research of Chinese scientists in the field of language policy find practical application in the implementation of training programs for specialists who speak not only languages of international communication, but also languages that do not have this status, for example, Hungarian, Czech, Uzbek. It is argued that the attention to the language policy of other states allows China to adjust its policy in this area and to form a positive image of itself in the eyes of the world community.

Keywords

• initiative “one belt, one road”
• language policy
• language strategy
• former republics of the soviet union