THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE IN TODAY’S INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Abstract
With the continuous expansion of globalization in the 21st century, economic and trade exchanges among countries have also shown an upward trend. In the meanwhile, China has been constantly enhancing comprehensive national strength, so the economic value of the Chinese language has been widely recognized in international business and trades. Besides, international promotion for the Chinese language has also increased in line with the demands all over the world. Based on this circumstance, to analyze the current state of the literature in a coherent picture calling attention from future studies, this study mainly reviews Chinese publications on the Chinese language in international business. Results from this study found most scholars have recognized the economic value of the Chinese language for China and other countries. Moreover, the Chinese language has become valuable as a useful language tool in international business communication activities nowadays. Besides, the Chinese language can promote the progress of international economic and trade exchanges under the globalization context.
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