About 300 million citizens of People's Republic of China study English, from them the number of pupils and students was exceeded by 100 million persons. On the prognosis of specialists, over few years in China amount of studying English will exceed a total population the English-language countries. It was reported on a passing 2nd International simpoizume on the method of teaching of foreign languages in Shankhae.

A deputy minister of inlightening of People's Republic of China U Cidi said, from 2000 the special program of distribution of English will be realized in the country, according to which teaching English begins in middle schools. On the newest statistics, more than 23 million students, which make the largest group of study of English in the world, study in the Chinese institutes of higher. By the way to get to China it is necessary to have the China visa.

Nevertheless, there is still a problem of "low efficiency at heavy temporal tolls" in teaching English, in a country present shortage of highly skilled translators, engaged in simultaneous and writing translation, and also specialists of some other languages.

Rectors and famous specialists from more that 30 domestic institutes took part in a symposium, and also scientists from more than 10 countries, including the USA, New Zeland and Singapore.