Opening-up provides space for foreign language colleges

Sun Yuhua, president of Dalian University of Foreign Languages (the only university among the first batch of foreign language schools).

China's reform and opening-up provide great space for the development of foreign language colleges and universities.

We will further promote internationalized education, make use of resources both at home and abroad, improve teaching concepts and talent training, and produce more excellent talent.

I think we should focus on not only improving the training of talent, but also take advantage of foreign languages to cultivate urgently-needed talent to serve society.

In recent years, DLUFL met market demand and established majors for Spanish, Arabic and several other languages on the basis of our original preponderant majors such as Japanese, English, Russian, French, German, and Korean. Our graduates are very popular among employers.

Currently, we have set up majors for 10 foreign languages.

Dalian University of Foreign Languages is located in the northeastern coastal city of Dalian. Formerly known as Dalian School of Japanese Language, it was founded in 1964 as the answer to an acute demand for expertise in the Japanese language. Now, it has grown into a multidisciplinary university featuring foreign languages.