Guests visit the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

　　Foreigners learn to make traditional Chinese lacquered fans in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, July 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

　　With China's increasing global importance, more people than ever before want to learn its language.Once many foreigners learned Chinese out of curiosity about the country's rich history and culture. Today, they are obsessed with the Chinese language as China is not only the world's second-largest economy but also a source of inspiration for innovations and breakthroughs.

　　Visitors experience Chinese calligraphy at the China Cultural Center in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

　　El Batoul Nejjaoui wearing a paper-cutting dress poses for a photo at an intangible cultural heritage exhibition center in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)