State Language Commission
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The State Language Commissioncite-ref-1[a]cite-ref-2[b] (SLC) is the official language regulator of China, managed by the Ministry of Education. It is mainly responsible for the standardization of national languages, and for implementing the policies and laws of the State Council on languages.cite-ref-slc-3-0[1]cite-ref-4[2] The most important contributions by the SLC include the development and publication of Hanyu Pinyin (1958), the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (1956), and the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters (2013).cite-ref-mle-5-0[3]
Contents
โข History
โข Responsibilities
โข Academic Journal
โข Main areas
โข Readership
โข Ranks
โข See also
โข Notes
โข References
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History
In August 1949, prior to the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, Wu Yuzhang wrote a letter to Mao Zedong, proposing that it was necessary to promptly carry out language reform in order to eliminate illiteracy. Mao replied with support to the proposal in the same month. In October 1949, the Chinese Language Reform Association was established. In December, Wu Yuzhang was appointed the chairman of the standing council of the association.cite-ref-mle-5-1[3]
In October 1954, the Chinese Character Reform Association was reorganized into the Chinese Character Reform Committee directly under the State Council. Wu Yuzhang was the chairman, Hu Yuzhi was the vice chairman.cite-ref-wzgg-6-0[4] On January 7, 1955, the Chinese Character Reform Committee issued the Draft Scheme for the Simplification of Chinese Characters. In February 1955, the Pinyin Scheme Committee of the Chinese Character Reform Committee was established, with Wu Yuzhang and Hu Yuzhi as the chairman and vice-chairmen. The members included Wei Que, Ding Xilin, Lin Handa, Luo Changpei, Lu Zhiwei, Li Jinxi, Wang Li, Ni Haishu, Ye Laishi, and Zhou Youguang.cite-ref-7[5] In September 1955, the Chinese Character Reform Committee proposed a revised draft for simplifying Chinese characters, which was reviewed by the State Council Chinese Character Simplification Scheme Review Committee and passed by the State Council plenary meeting on January 28, 1956. On January 31, 1956, the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme was officially announced by People's Daily. In December 1955, the Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Character Reform Committee of the PRC jointly announced the First List of Processed Variant Chinese Characters.cite-ref-ytzzlb1955-8-0[6]
On November 1, 1957, the Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet was approved by the State Council, and approved and officially adopted at the Fifth Session of the 1st National People's Congress on February 11, 1958.cite-ref-9[7]cite-ref-10[8] In May 1964, the General List of Simplified Chinese Characters was released by the Chinese Character Reform Committee. In December 1977, the Chinese Character Reform Committee issued the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (Draft), which was rescinded in 1986. On December 16, 1985, the Chinese Character Reform Committee was renamed the State Language Commission (or National Language and Script Working Committee). It is a national bureau (vice-ministerial level) directly under the management of the Ministry of Education.cite-ref-11[9] cite-ref-12[10]
On October 31, 2000, the Law on the Standard Spoken and Written Language of the Peopleโs Republic of China was adopted at the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress, and came into effect on January 1, 2001.cite-ref-13[11] On June 4, 2013, the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters was issued by the SLC and MoE.cite-ref-14[12]
Responsibilities
โข Principles and policies for national language and writing work
โข Medium- and long-term plans for language and writing work
โข Norms and standards for Chinese and minority languages and writing and organize and coordinate supervision and inspection
โข Promotion of Standard Chinese and the training of educators.
Organizational structure
The State Language Commission has the following organizations:cite-ref-slc-3-2[1]
โข Language Application Management Department (่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅบ็จ็ฎก็ๅธ)
โข Language Information Management Department (่ฏญ่จๆๅญไฟกๆฏ็ฎก็ๅธ)
โข Institute of Language Applications
โข Language Press
โข National Language Commission Advisory Committee
โข National Language Commission Language and Writing Standards Review Committee
โข National Language Commission Scientific Research Planning Leading Group
โข National Promotion of Putonghua Propaganda Week Leading Group
โข Inter-ministerial Joint Conference System for Foreign Language Translation and Writing Standards and Chinese Ideological and Cultural Terminology Dissemination
Academic Journal
Applied Linguistics (่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅบ็จ) is a quarterly academic journal founded in 1992. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and run by the Research Institute of Language Application (่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅบ็จ็ ็ฉถๆ).cite-ref-cnki-16-0[14]cite-ref-yywzyyj-17-0[15]
Main areas
Applied Linguistics covers the areas of Chinese information processing, language teaching, sociolinguistics, language application, language standards, and book reviews.cite-ref-yywzyyj-17-1[15]
Readership
The readers of Applied Linguistics include Chinese language researchers and teachers, college students, secretarial workers, etc.cite-ref-yywzyyj-17-2[15]
Ranks
โข Source journal of Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI 2021-2022)
โข Source journal of โOverview of Chinese Core Journalsโ by Peking University.cite-ref-cnki-16-1[14]
Successive leaders
โข Liu Daosheng (ๅๅฏผ็)
โข Chen Yuan (้ๅ)
โข Liu Bin (ๆณๆ)
โข Xu Jialu (่ฎธๅ็)
โข Lin Yanzhi (ๆ็ๅฟ)
โข Zhu Xinjun (ๆฑๆฐๅ)
โข Wang Zhan (็ๆน)
โข Yuan Guiren (่ข่ดตไป)
โข Li Weihong (ๆๅซ็บข, May 2010-May 2015)
โข Tian Xuejun (็ฐๅญฆๅ, May 2019-January 2023)
โข Chen Jie (้ๆฐ, August 2023-)cite-ref-slc-3-3[1]
See also
Notes
cite-note-1a. โ Simplified Chinese: ๅฝๅฎถ่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅทฅไฝๅงๅไผ; traditional Chinese: ๅๅฎถ่ช่จๆๅญๅทฅไฝๅงๅกๆ; abbreviated as ๅฝๅฎถ่ฏญๅง; ๅๅฎถ่ชๅง
cite-note-2b. โ Formerly known as the Chinese Character Reform Committee (ไธญๅฝๆๅญๆน้ฉๅงๅไผ; ไธญๅๆๅญๆน้ฉๅงๅกๆ โ abbreviated as ๆๆนไผ; ๆๆนๆ)
References
cite-note-slc-31. โ "State Language Commission" ๅฝๅฎถ่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅทฅไฝๅงๅไผ (in Chinese). Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China.
cite-note-42. โ "Chinese Language Net" ไธญๅฝ่ฏญ่จๆๅญ็ฝ. State Language Commission.
cite-note-mle-53. โ "Major events in language and characters" ่ฏญ่จๆๅญๅคงไบ่ฎฐ (in Chinese).
cite-note-75. โ "The Development of the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Scheme" ๆฑ่ฏญๆผ้ณๆนๆก็ๅถ่ฎข็ป่ฟ. Humanities and Society (ไบบๆไธ็คพไผ) (in Chinese). 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
cite-note-ytzzlb1955-86. โ "First List of Processed Variant Characters" ็ฌฌไธๆนๅผไฝๅญๆด็่กจ (in Chinese). Chinese Character Reform Press. 1955. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
cite-note-97. โ "ไธญๅฝ่ฏญ่จๆๅญ็ฝ".
cite-note-108. โ "Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet" ๆฑ่ฏญๆผ้ณๆนๆก (Document) (in Chinese). National People's Congress.
cite-note-119. โ "Notice of the State Council on the Establishment of the State Council Institutions" (Document) (in Chinese). State Council. August 13, 1988.
cite-note-1210. โ https://www.gov.cn/gwyzzjg/zuzhi/ Departments of the State Council (ๅฝๅก้ข็ปๆ้จ้จ)
cite-note-1311. โ "Law on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language of the People's Republic of China" (in Chinese). Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China.
cite-note-1412. โ "List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters" ้็จ่ง่ๆฑๅญ่กจ (Document) (in Chinese). State Language Commission, People's Republic of China.
cite-note-1513. โ "Regulations on the Function Allocation, Internal Organizations and Staffing of the Ministry of Education" (Document). State Council.
cite-note-cnki-1614. โ citerefcnki-2023CNKI (ไธญๅฝ็ฅ็ฝ) (2023). "Applied Linguistics".
cite-note-yywzyyj-1715. โ citerefeditorial-of-applied-linguisticsEditorial of Applied Linguistics. "Introduction to the Journal (ๆๅ็ฎไป)".