图说热点｜联合国中文日 ：全球有多少人在学中文？
4月19日，中国迎来农历春季的最后一个节气——谷雨，这一天也是第十五个联合国中文日。自2010年起，联合国便将中国农历的谷雨节气定为中文日，以强调语言文化的多样性，推动联合国六种正式语文的平等使用。截至2023年4月，全球共有180多个国家和地区开展中文教学，82个国家将中文纳入国民教育体系，外国正在学习中文的人数超过3000万，累计学习和使用中文的人数接近2亿。
UNChineseLanguageDaycommemorateslinguisticdiversityandculturalrichnesswhilepromotingtheadoptionofChineseworldwide.ButhowmanyindividualsarelearningChineseasaforeignlanguage?
TheChineseForeignMinistryreportedthatasofApril2023over180countriesandregionsofferChineselanguageprograms,with82integratingChineseintotheirnationaleducationsystems.Globally,morethan30millionpeopleareengagedinChineselanguagelearning.
AccordingtoDuolingo,apopularlanguagelearningapp,9.2millionusersarestudyingChinese.
HolonIQ,aGlobalEducationMarketIntelligencePlatform,estimatestheChineselanguagelearningmarkettobevaluedat$7.4billion,withover8millionlearnersdrivingthisgrowth.Projectionssuggestthismarketwillreach$13.1billionby2027,boastingarobustannualgrowthrateof12.1percent.
TheUNChineseLanguageDaycoincideswithGuyu("RainofMillet"),asignificantdateintraditionalEastAsiancalendars,honoringCangjie,thepurportedinventorofChinesecharacters.Legendholdsthatupontheircreation,celestialbeingsweptandmilletrainedfromthesky.