For those who are in business for example, this is crucial. And for those who are engineers, architects, scientists or involved in technology learning Chinese on top of your major will be unbelievably important as China becomes the new Silicon Valley of Asia and perhaps even the world. China as of 2016 will have access to the most production capacity for panel technologies such as OLED, which are expected to be used in smartphones, tablets and TVs alike over the next decade. Government assistance is pushing these developments unlike places such as Taiwan, so the development is a guarantee, as it follows under China’s planned economy framework. The same also goes for China’s infrastructure for means of getting more reliable on green energy, producing more energy efficient means of transport, constructing greener cities and developing 3D printing technology. If you have the skills related to any of these fields you will be a high candidate for landing a job in China and will be given way more preferential treatment if you know the language too.