Chinese for industries embodies the mission and obligation of language in serving social and economic development in China.Linguistic features are the logic starting point of Chinese for industries.Certain key elements of a theoretical frame-work for Chinese for industries are explored:conceptual connotation,basic principles for language analysis,research con-tents and methods.Contemporary significance of Chinese for industries studies includes:complementing the theoretical frame-work of modern Chinese language,promoting the core professional skills of domestic workers,developing Chinese language capability of immigrant labor,and serving Chinese enterprises going global as well as China-related trading enterprises in countries along the Belt and Road.The article intends to attract more academic attention and efforts to the studies on Chinese for industries.
Chinese for industrieslogic starting pointtheoretical frameworkcontemporary significance