China has been investing massive amounts of money into the country, especially in rural areas as part of the nation’s twelfth five-year plan, in order to increase schooling and education standards, as well as alleviate poverty. The nation also aims to increase its middle class and expand its small- to medium-size business segment through local investments and incentives from local governments to meet GDP standards. As this occurs, Chinese will be looking to expand their products and services abroad or companies in the West may look to import them. Whichever the scenario may be, learning Chinese will allow you to make connections with them more easily and give you value-added skills that other people otherwise do not have to make those connections.