奥巴马推“百万强”计划：2020年实现100万名美国学生学习中文Obama’s New Program: 1 Million Americans Studying Chinese by 2020

近日，在与即将结束对美国国事访问的中国国家主席习近平召开的联合记者会上，奥巴马宣布准备启动“百万强”计划，目的是争取到2020年实现100万名美国学生学习中文。奥巴马2009年11月宣布“10万强”计划，提出到2014年派10万美国学生到中国学习。2014年7月美国宣布这一目标已经实现。现在，奥巴马又提出了一个更远大的目标，他说：“如果我们两国准备在全球各地采取更多行动，那么一个最好的开端就是学对方的语言、真正了解对方。”

U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to launch “1 Million Strong” in a joint press conference with Chinese president Xi Jinping. The program aims to increase the number of Americans studying Chinse to one million by 2020 . In November 2009, Obama announced the “100,000 Strong”program which aimed to send 100,000 Americans to China to study abroad by 2014. In July 2014, the United States announced that the goal had been achieved. The new proposal is even more ambitious, but also closer to home. In the joint press conference, Obama stated that, “If our countries are going to do more together around the world, then speaking each other’s language, truly understanding each other, is a good place to start.”