Training Strategies for Applied German-speaking Talents in the “One Belt One Road” Initiative

Abstract

Under the “One Belt One Road” initiative, China and Germany have become closer in cooperation and have made substantial progress in the fields of economy, trade, culture, science, and technology. The close cooperation between China and Germany has raised the demands for diversified German-speaking talents. After years of development and continuous exploration, China’s educational institutions with German majors have established a mature talent training model but it is not enough to meet the country’s growing demands for applied talents along with the economic development. With the advancement of the national education reform, many majors in various schools are thinking of reform plans suitable for their own development. Although German as a “minor” language major is not very widely used, it plays an active and effective role in China’s trade and cultural exchanges. Hence, there is a need to comprehensively improve students’ overall quality, advocate diversified training methods, adopt German-English bilingualism and professional German teaching methods, increase the cooperation of education between companies and institutions, as well as strive to train more applied German-speaking talents for the country.