Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/21/2020
By: Yeh Su-ping, Ku Chuan and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Sunday that her administration will lay out plans to make the country bilingual by 2030 so that younger Taiwanese will be able to communicate directly with the English-speaking community to increase international awareness of the country.

Tsai made the comments during a seminar with a group of high school students in Taipei during which one of the students raised the question of whether the government will inject more budget to support high school students' international exchanges with foreign counterparts.

In response, the president said the Ministry of Education has been funding such exchange programs for a long time but needs to further expand the programs to offer more opportunities in this regard.

She pointed out that during her inaugural address on May 20, she briefly mentioned that in her second four-year-term, she plans to cultivate more bilingual talent to make Taiwan "a bilingual country" so that its people can further connect with the international community.
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