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Abstract
China is a multinational country with 56 nationalities and a population of more than one billion. The languages people speak are so different that as early as in 1911 people began realising the need for having a standard national language. Mandarin was chosen, but how was the use of it to be spread? This paper, along with a description of the situation of minority languages and Chinese dialects, discusses and analyses language planning and language reform of spoken Chinese. It summarises the achievements made through the educational system and discusses the problems that remain for spoken language reform in China (PRC).