中国的和平崛起,引发了世界汉语教学大发展的新形势;我国综合国力的迅速增长,载人飞船的升空,使汉语在世界上的地位也日益提升。有的海外评论认为汉语正逐渐上升为全球仅次于英语的新强势语言。为因应这一新形势,履行汉语故乡应尽的责任,我们国家也大大加强了向全世界推广汉语的力度。内外因素的结合,使对外汉语教学迎来了以往半个多世纪所无法相比的大发展的前景和机遇。面对这一前景和机遇,海内外的同行们又自然地考虑到与大力发展对外汉语教学事业紧密相关的学科建设问题。 The peaceful rise of China has triggered a new situation in the great development of Chinese teaching in the world. The rapid growth of China’s overall national strength and the rise of manned spacecraft have given Chinese language a rising position in the world. Some overseas commentators think that Chinese is gradually rising to the world’s second most powerful language after English. In response to this new situation, we have fulfilled our due responsibility in the hometown of Chinese. Our country has also greatly strengthened the promotion of Chinese to the world. The combination of internal and external factors has made the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language usher in the prospects and opportunities for large-scale development that have not been possible in the past more than half a century. In the face of this prospect and opportunity, colleagues at home and abroad naturally consider the issue of discipline development that is closely related to the vigorous development of teaching Chinese as a foreign language.