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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is a big change in the languages in UK schools. On a visit to China, he journalists that British schools should Mandarin instead of French and German. He told his hosts that he plans to the number of students studying Chinese in British schools to 400,000 in the next three years. He will also subsidies to schools that start teaching Mandarin. He stronger educational ties with China are a necessary element in Britain competitive in the Chinese market. He said: "I want Britain up to the world's fast-growing economies, and that includes our young people learning the languages to tomorrow's business deals."

Mr Cameron to journalists the importance of Mandarin in UK schools. He said: "By the time the children born today school, China is to be the world's largest economy, so it's time to look beyond the traditional focus on French and German and many more children learning Mandarin." The initiative a tie-up with the British Council and the Chinese office for teaching Mandarin as a foreign language. They have already an agreement to double the number of Chinese language assistants in UK schools. The British Council Mandarin in the top five most important languages for British children to to their job prospects.