Language planning of China: Accomplishments and failures Youguang, Zhou,, 11, 9-16 (2001), doi = https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.11.1.03you, publicationName = John Benjamins, issn = 0957-6851, abstract= Language Planning is called Language Reform in China. The chief aims are:1. To standardize and popularize the lingua franca of China;2. To write in vernacular style instead of the traditional classic style;3. To design and promote a system of Chinese phonetic symbols;4. To simplify the Chinese characters;5. To design and, if needed, improve writing systems for minor nationalities., language=, type=