李岚清副总理在 1996年 6月 2 8日关于外语教学的座谈会上指出 :“我国由于英语等外语普及不够 ,影响了对外交往的规模和效率 ,也吃了不少亏 ,对我国许多优秀文化和科技成果对外交流合作也受到很大制约 ,特别是在一些经济发展比较后进的地区甚至制约了对外开放的进程。因此 ,从 Vice Premier Li Lanqing pointed out at the forum on foreign language teaching on June 28, 1996: "Since the popularity of English and other foreign languages ​​in China has not been enough, it has affected the scale and efficiency of foreign exchanges, and it has also suffered a lot of losses. It has many excellent cultures in China. Foreign exchange and cooperation with scientific and technological achievements have also been greatly constrained, especially in areas where comparatively backward economic development has even restricted the process of opening to the outside world.