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Schools in Wales ‘could teach Mandarin’ to boost trade
    2020-01-16  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Mandarin could be taught in Welsh secondary schools in a bid to raise Wales’ international profile.

The Welsh Government wants to establish the country as a visitor destination for Chinese people as part of its new strategy to boost trade.

It is also looking to have a “Wales in Germany” themed year in 2021 and have an increased presence in EU countries.

International relations minister Eluned Morgan said she wanted to sell Wales to the world.

Welsh businesses sold more than £17 billion of goods abroad in 2018, and at present 60 percent of those exports go to the EU, with Germany as the top destination.

But after Brexit, ministers want “to ensure that the European Union remains our strongest partner” as well as developing markets elsewhere. Its goal is a five percent increase in exports.

To make that happen, the Welsh Government has launched a new international strategy to focus on three areas — cyber security, compound semi-conductors and creative industries — chosen in part for their “resilience to Brexit” and because of their “global recognition as areas of excellence.”

In its report, it also listed a number of ideas, including:

• Raising Wales’ profile by exploring the feasibility of teaching Mandarin in secondary schools as part of a long-term vision to establish the country as a visitor destination for the Chinese market;

• Working with education institutions to increase the number of international students studying in Wales;

• Holding a “Wales in Germany” themed year in 2021;

• Working with existing networks to build a global Welsh Diaspora social network of 500,000 people, focusing in the first year on the U.S. and Japan, and using cultural and sporting events to “open doors” in difficult markets;

• Promoting Wales as the “go-to nation” for advice on minority language development.

Ms. Morgan said she was “anxious” to change the Welsh Government’s relationship with the U.K. government to help sell Wales abroad.

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为了提升威尔士的国际形象,威尔士的中学将教授普通话。

作为贸易促进新战略的一部分,威尔士政府希望将本地建成中国游客的旅游目的地。

威尔士还计划在2021年举办“威尔士在德国”主题年,并扩大在欧盟国家的业务。

威尔士国际关系部长埃莉内德·摩根表示,她希望向全世界推介威尔士。

2018年,威尔士企业向海外销售了价值逾170亿英镑(约合人民币1521亿元)的商品,目前其中60%出口到欧盟,其中德国是最大的出口目的地。

但在英国脱欧之后,部长们希望“确保欧盟仍是我们最强大的合作伙伴”,同时其他地区的发展中市场也要保持强劲增长,其目标是出口增长5%。

为了实现这一目标,威尔士政府启动了一项新的国际战略,重点在三个领域,即网络安全、复合半导体和创意产业。之所以选择这三个领域,部分原因在于它们“对英国脱欧的适应力”,以及“表现卓越,得到全球认可”。

威尔士政府在报告中还列出了一些想法,包括:

— 通过探索在中学教授普通话的可行性来提升威尔士的形象,这是将威尔士打造成中国旅游目的地这一长期愿景的一部分;

— 与教育机构合作,增加在威尔士学习的国际学生数量;

— 2021年举办“威尔士在德国”主题年;

— 利用现有网络,建立一个50万人的全球威尔士移民社交网络,第一年重点关注美国和日本,利用文化和体育赛事在困难的市场“打开大门”;

— 使威尔士成为提供少数群组语言发展建议的“首选之地”。

摩根女士表示,她“急于”改变威尔士政府与英国政府的关系,以帮助威尔士走向海外。

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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