An exploratory study on national language policy and family language planning in the Chinese context

Figures & data

Table 1. Leading linguists publication on language policy and planning in China

Scholars	Affiliates & positions in state language institutes	Publication year selected	Content synopsis
Wen Qiufang	Beijing University of Foreign Studies & Former Director of National Research Center for Foreign Language Education	January 2019	The development of foreign language teaching theory over the last 70 years in China
Zhou Qingsheng	Jiangsu Normal University & Member of State Language Commission	July 2019	Seventy years of China’s language policy studies
Hu Zhuanglin	Peking University; professor emeritus in universities including Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, etc. Foundational linguist in China	November 2019	National language strategy under the integration of pluralistic civilization
Huang Xing	Institute of Ethnic and Anthropological Studies at Chinese Social Science Academy	August 2019	Seventy years of policies and management of ethnic minority languages in China
Guo Xi	Jinnan University & Director of Overseas Chinese Studies Center; Research Fellow in the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center of Language Resources	September 2018	Changes and influences of Higher Education construction over the last 70 years in China
Feng Zhiwei	Institute of Applied Linguistics in MOE	April 2019	From Chinese character processing to natural language processing over the last 70 years in China

Table 2. Assembled information on state language policies

Years	National plan	Planning synopsis
2006–2010	the 11th Five-Year Plan	Taking the development of language standards as the core, taking information as the main line, taking evaluation and certification as the starting point, and taking language engineering and scientific research as the basis, to carry out language work.
2011–2015	the 12th Five-Year Plan	Promote the ability to use the language of the people for all ethnic groups in the region, strengthen the standardization, normalization and informatization of the language, and take the large development as the work goal.
2016–2020	the 13th Five-Year Plan	Popularize the national common language, realize the development goals of national language ability and comprehensive national strength, promote the construction of language information, improve the national language service ability, advocate the dissemination of excellent Chinese language and culture, and optimize the working system for language and other tasks.

Table 3. Biographic information of interviewees

Age	Occupation	Apprx. Annual Income	Gender	Region
47	Senior Teacher	150,000.00	Female	Anhui
46	Senior Teacher	140,000.00	Male	Tianjin
54	Senior Teacher	120,000.00	Male	Shandong
49	Auditor	200,000.00	Female	Hubei
47	Company Staff	80,000.00	Male	Anhui
43	Housewife	N/A	Female	Anhui
42	Housewife	N/A	Female	Guangdong
36	Professor	250,000.00	Male	Liaoning
37	Businessman	500,000.00	Male	Heilongjiang
32	Lawyer	200,000.00	Male	Shandong
37	Teacher	50,000.00	Female	Heilongjiang
30	Company Staff	150,000.00	Female	Beijing
30	Civil Servant	100,000.00	Female	Anhui
32	Engineer	260,000.00	Male	Beijing
35	Department Manager	100,000.00	Female	Jiangsu
31	Civil Servant	60,000.00	Male	Shandong