There are 505 universities offering Japanese majors, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology, north china university of technology, Beijing Forestry University, Capital Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Communication University and university of international business and economics.

Japanese is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to foreign language and literature major. Japanese majors cultivate application-oriented and research-oriented talents with solid Japanese language and literature foundation, profound humanistic background and strong Japanese comprehensive skills, who can skillfully use Japanese to engage in foreign affairs, cultural exchanges with Japan, education, economy and trade, science and technology, military and other fields.

After the reform and opening up, with the warming of relations between the two countries and the continuous expansion of Japanese investment in China, Japanese teaching in China entered a golden age, and the demand for Japanese talents continued to rise. Then, Japanese-major colleges were set up and more and more people studied Japanese. The communication with Japan was also expanding and deepening, and Japanese teaching was gradually standardized. In China, two national academic organizations, China Japanese Teaching Research Association and China University Japanese Teaching Research Association, have been established successively.

The development prospect of Japanese:

By the end of 20 15 and 12, 503 colleges and universities in China had offered Japanese majors, second only to 922 colleges and universities offering English majors, ranking 12 in the overall ranking of professional scale. According to the survey data of 20 12 (once every three years) released by the Japan Foundation for International Exchange in July 20 13, the number of Japanese learners in China is 1046490, which is 26.5% higher than that in 2009, ranking first in the world.

It can be seen that Japanese major is not a so-called "small language", but a veritable "big language" and "big major". With the economic and social changes in China and the fluctuation of Sino-Japanese relations, the market has put forward new demands for Japanese talents. Japanese majors include Japanese language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, Japanese translation and Japanese interpretation. Students are mainly engaged in foreign exchange, press and publication, teaching, scientific research and translation in state organs, universities and foreign-funded enterprises.