新任世界汉语教学学会会长、语言学家许嘉璐在不久前接受专访时表示,全球“汉语热”刚刚开始,汉语国际传播的力量令人惊叹,并正在为提升中国软实力发挥积极作用。他充满信心地说:“到本世纪后半叶,汉语和中华文化应该会与西方语言和文化扮演同等重要的角色。”在2008年底举行的第九届国际汉 Xu Jialu, the president of the newly-established World Chinese Language Institute and linguist Xu Jialu, recently said in an interview that the global “Chinese fever” has just begun. The power of Chinese international communication is amazing and it is playing an active role in enhancing China’s soft power. He confidently said: “By the second half of this century, Chinese and Chinese culture should play an equally important role in Western languages ​​and culture.” "The 9th International Han