Promotion of Standard Chinese explained

S:	推广普通话
T:	推廣普通話
P:	tuīguǎng pǔtōnghuà
Also Known As:	Abbreviated name
C2:	推普
P2:	tuīpǔ

The promotion of Standard Chinese^[1] is a campaign by the government of China, with the stated goal being to facilitate easier communication throughout the country, which has historically spoken many mutually unintelligible varieties of Chinese, as well as non-Sinitic languages. Currently, the promotion of Standard Chinese is organized by the, a regulatory agency within the Chinese government.^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Protection of the varieties of Chinese
• Linguistic imperialism
• Speak Mandarin Campaign in Singapore

Notes and References

1. 方言文化与"推普"效益. 浙江社会科学. 1999. 2. 138–141.
2. http://www.china-language.gov.cn/6/yuyanwei.htm 职责、历史沿革 委领导
3. 「推廣普通話的目的……同時也是為實現漢字的根本改革——走世界文字共同的拼音方向準備條件。」曹夫昂，文字改革工作問答。上海：上海教育工作社，1980年5月，第33頁。
4. 「偉大領袖毛主席在一九五一年指示我們：『文字必須改革，要走世界文字共同的拼音方向。』毛主席又指出，漢字的拼音化需要做許多準備工作，在實現拼音化以前，必須簡化漢字，以利目前的應用。一九五八年，毛主席還指示我們：『一切幹部要學普通話。』毛主席的這些指示，是我國文字改革的指導方針。」摘自署名文華的文章〈文字必須改革〉，刊於《人民日報》1973年7月6日第三版。