Linguistic courses to serve 'Belt and Road'

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies plans to increase the number of foreign languages it teaches to about 25 in the coming five years, from the current 20, to serve demand arising from the country's Belt and Road Initiative.

New languages to be added may include Greek, Serbian, Swedish and Turkish, said President Zhong Weihe.

"We plan to introduce languages of strategic importance and demand in the country, with a focus on those spoken in the countries along the Belt and Road," Zhong said.