The 7th Academic Symposium of the Youth Scholars’ Collaborative Innovation Alliance for Applied Research on Language and Characters & 2nd Youth Forum on Language Life in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Successfully Held

2026-07 19

From September 16 to 17, 2023, the 7th Academic Symposium of the Youth Scholars’ Collaborative Innovation Alliance for Applied Research on Language and Characters & 2nd Youth Forum on Language Life in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was successfully held at Guangzhou University.Hosted by the Youth Scholars’ Collaborative Innovation Alliance for Applied Research on Language and Characters and organized by Guangzhou University, the forum was attended by officials from the Department of Language Information Management (Ministry of Education) and Vice President Sun Yanming of Guangzhou University, who addressed the opening ceremony.

Over 130 young and middle-aged scholars from more than 80 universities, research institutes, and language service industries across the country gathered at the forum. In line with the national language and script development strategy for the new era, they conducted academic discussions on core topics such as language and national governance, the promotion and popularization of the standard spoken and written Chinese language, the development of language norms and standards, language information processing, language service innovation, language education, cultural inheritance and development, and emergency language services.

Focusing on academic frontiers and practical needs, the forum emphasized discussions on hot-button issues such as the transformation of language services in the digital context, the synergistic development of language life in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the empowerment of language education by intelligent technology, and the construction and application of national language resources. Participating scholars fully exchanged their latest research findings and practical experiences.

This forum provided a high-level, interdisciplinary academic exchange platform for young and middle-aged scholars, offering strong academic support for promoting the high-quality development of applied linguistics research in the new era and serving the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the national language and script cause. The event also included a council meeting (expanded) of the Collaborative Innovation Alliance and a consultation meeting for young and middle-aged experts on the construction of the National Language Resource Service Platform.