China now major innovator in second language learning

Around 300 million people of all ages currently studying English in country

China has expanded its role from a mere consumer market for English language education to an innovator and influencer on the global stage in the field, according to experts and educators from around the world at the 2019 Global English Education China Assembly, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

While the event from Friday to Sunday provides thousands of English teachers across China unprecedented access to more than 140 thought leaders from more than 20 countries and regions, the leaders have in return been impressed with the ideas generated from the market, where teaching English as a second language has been on regular school curricula for decades.