Seeing Business, Gujaratis Flock To Learn Chinese Language

"There are more than 60 students, who are learning the Chinese language Mandarin, in various city-based institutes. As per the current trend, businessmen, medicos and interior designers dominate the numbers," Trivedi said.

She said that Chinese interior designers are quite in demand in Gujarat which could be the reason why the interior designers from the state often deal with China.

Besides, a new chapter in the relations between China and Gujarat have raised hopes among businessmen here, Trivedi said.

Also, medical education is financially accessible to Gujarati students and that could be the reason behind this influx to China.

Asked about difficulties faced by Gujarati students while learning Chinese language, zrivedi said there is no such great difficulty as the sentence patterns of both the languages are similar.

An Ahmedabad-based interior designer Bhvik Mankad (45) feels that business is the main purpose for Gujaratis.

"We Gujaratis are business-oriented people and therefore visit China for business purposes only. Earlier, the people from Gujarat were less associated with China. However in last few years there are opportunities in various sectors, like plastics and chemicals for Gujaratis in Chinese markets," Mankad said.