Business English is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to foreign language and literature major. The basic study period is four years, and the bachelor of arts degree is awarded. It is a major for cultivating compound English talents officially approved by the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) in March 2007.
Business English aims to cultivate compound and applied business English professionals who have solid English basic skills, broad international vision, professional knowledge and skills in international business, basic knowledge and theories in economics, management and law, strong intercultural communication skills and high humanistic quality, and can skillfully use English to engage in business, economy, trade, management and finance in the international environment.
Business English teaching and research in China has developed with the development of China's foreign trade and opening to the outside world, and has been carried out as a higher education activity to cultivate compound English talents. Business English has the characteristics of content-based English teaching from the beginning. Taking business content materials as teaching materials, we should pay attention to cultivating the ability to use language to deal with these materials.
It aims to cultivate foreign language professionals and compound foreign language talents with good comprehensive quality, solid foreign language basic skills and professional knowledge, and master relevant professional knowledge to meet the needs of China's foreign exchange, national and local economic and social development, various foreign-related industries, foreign language education and academic research.