Jakarta, March 3 (ZXS) -- "I like Sun Wukong, I like Nezha, and especially I like the story of Bai Suzhen the White Snake. Coming from the Semarang countryside in Indonesia, Akumad Ripai finds learning Chinese fun, and he is proficient in telling characters from Chinese mythology. The teacher, whose Chinese is named Li Yafei, is not shy about his promotion, thanks to his Chinese of more than 20 years of study.

Like Li Yafei, more and more Indonesian public officials are now learning Chinese.

On March 3, more than 20 police officers from nine places, including Bandung, Medan and Semarang, came to the Confucius Institute at Araza University in Jakarta to carry out Chinese cultural activities. These officers, who work as criminal police, special police, traffic police and community police, experience Chinese calligraphy, introduce themselves with Chinese, and improvise Chinese songs.

Saitu, the representative of the director of the Indonesian National Police Language Institute, said that our goal is to strive to train at least one police officer who can speak Chinese in every police station, police station and office in Indonesia. According to reports, the hospital has trained nearly 1,000 police officers who have studied Chinese, serving police stations, communities and other positions across Indonesia.

It's not just the Indonesian police who are interested in Chinese. The Confucius Institute at Araza University in Indonesia has also held Chinese language learning classes and participated in the formulation of Chinese training programs for officials of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Trade and other government agencies in Indonesia. Niu Haitao, the Chinese president of the hospital, said that Indonesian public officials Chinese more out of work needs, which reflects the increasingly close relationship between China and Indonesia.

According to Chinese customs statistics, the bilateral trade volume between China and Indonesia reached US$2022.1490 billion in 9. China has been Indonesia's largest trading partner for 10 consecutive years. According to statistics from the Indonesian Ministry of Investment, in 2022, the direct investment of Chinese enterprises in Indonesia reached US$82.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 160%, a record high, ranking the second largest source of foreign investment in Indonesia.

"It's a good phenomenon that public officials are willing to learn Chinese, especially in Indonesia, where all walks of life are willing to learn Chinese." Murni, former vice president of Araza University in Indonesia, believes that language can serve as a bridge to deepen the understanding of China at all levels of Indonesian society.

Mooney analyzed to reporters that from a personal point of view, learning Chinese can improve the working environment and even change a person's destiny. From the perspective of the overall environment, China's reform and opening up has become increasingly developed in the past few decades, and China's economy, science and technology, culture and other aspects have become increasingly developed, and learning and mastering Chinese has become very important.

In Bali, which is well known to Chinese tourists, many public officials in the local tourism department, customs, immigration bureau, and airport have expressed their desire to learn Chinese, and some public officials can already say some simple Chinese.

"There are a lot of foreigners in Indonesia, and more and more Chinese are coming here to work, travel and do business." In Li Yafei's view, government officials learn Chinese facilitate communication and can help more people, especially those who speak Chinese in Indonesia.

In addition, Chinese enterprises, Chinese technology, Chinese manufacturing, etc. continue to enter Indonesian society, which also stimulates the enthusiasm and interest of Indonesians to learn Chinese and understand China. Many Indonesian locals have found jobs in Chinese-funded enterprises through their studies Chinese, and their income is relatively considerable.

Li Yafei still remembers watching the Chinese TV series "The Legend of the White Snake" when he was a child, because his hometown was very remote, and there was only one TV in a village, and despite the difficult conditions, he was still attracted by the storyline. When I first learned Chinese more than 6 years ago, I remembered these childhood memories. He bluntly said that although learning Chinese difficult, the learning process is full of fun. (End)