Hainan to strengthen its foreign language services

Nie said the group will build a language service standards system, talent training bases and a joint language technology laboratory.

The forum launched a government-industry-enterprise-university program to train guides in less commonly taught languages, alongside school-enterprise cooperation agreements. Organizers said the model aims to close a mismatch in which graduates often know a foreign language but lack industry skills, or vice versa.

Speakers highlighted practical challenges. Lu Ping, chairman of Hainan Free Trade Zone Dehang Group, said cross-language cultural communication poses real obstacles in cross-border livestreaming and exhibition trading, calling for more localized, intelligent solutions.