According to statistic of Ministry of Education of France, there were only 9328 students learn Chinese as the selective course in 2004, while in 2011, it dramatically increased to 29,505.
According to statistic of Ministry of Education of France, there were only 9328 students learn Chinese as the selective course in 2004, while in 2011, it dramatically increased to 29,505. The number of students in Chinese Language institutes in France keeps growing at 15%-20% per year. Some office workers all spend their free time in learning Chinese in order to create themselves more job promotion opportunities.
We could say that thirty years ago, French people learn Chinese for most of them were curious about it, but now, we should say that they learn it for real needs like job hunting. As it is said by Bai le sang of Ministry of Education of France, “Nowadays, the French learn Chinese not only for fashion, they would rather take it regard as the trump in their career development. No matter what you are engaged in, business, medical, IT or math, China always there.” Especially after China became world’s second-largest economy, its international status and impact is growing day by day, Mastering Chinese became an weapon for individual development
Today, the daily increasing Chinese tourists is also the massager of “Chinese fever”. According to statistics, th. e number of Chinese tourists in France is growing year by year, and it reached 500,000, in 2020, it will have increased to 2 million dramatically. It is reported that one out of four of free duties commodities’ turnover comes from Chinese tourists. The super stores in Paris employed more and more salesman who can speak Chinese, from which it is predicable that with development of China’s economy, the “Chinese fever” in France will going on and on.