Abstract：This article reviews the history of language affairs of the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) and divides it into four periods: the implementation of language reforms, the strengthening of language norms and standards, the promotion of language harmony, and the construction of language strategies. This article summarizes the progress and accomplishments of the PRC’s language affairs over the past 70 years from eight aspects: (1) the simplification and standardization of the Chinese characters; (2) the promotion of Putonghua and modern Chinese norms, (3) the design and implementation of the scheme of the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, (4) language informationization, (5) language legalization, (6) language protection, (7) language service, and (8) the inheritance and spread of language and culture. The experiences and characteristics of language affairs of the PRC include: keeping integrity and being enterprising; keeping steps with the national strategy and social trend; taking all factors into consideration and making decisions in a scientific way.
张日培. 新中国语言文字事业的历程与成就[J]. 语言战略研究, 2020, 5(6): 17-28.
Zhang Ripei. Language Affairs of the People’s Republic of China: History and Accomplishments. , 2020, 5(6): 17-28.
