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Contributor: Xinhua News Agency
Thursday, July 18 2019 - 10:55
AsiaNet
Sanya aims to be China's 1st language barrier-free int'l city
SANYA, China, July 17, 2019 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On the July 14th, 2019, Sanya released Work Program on Sanya Barrier-free 
International City Construction, taking the lead in building a language 
barrier-free international city in China, for examples, public space 
multilingual signage system, 24-hour hotline for foreign language service, 
multilingual tourism service system, intelligent translation terminal and 
service center for foreigners. According to Sanya Municipal People's 
Government, Sanya will adopt the construction model of government planning, 
enterprise investment and construction, and phased procurement to promote the 
implementation of the construction in three different stages and four aspects: 
sign system construction, service network construction, multilingual 
translation service and information system.

Sanya will integrate various foreign-related application scenarios, including 
tourism consumption, government affairs, public services, and business 
activities. Besides, it will establish an open and shared international 
language service system, combining foreign service centers, immigration service 
centers, tourism information consultation centers, tourist service centers and 
municipal service center to create a convenient, intelligent and humanistic 
service platform, in the same time, the city will also combine new technologies 
and formats to explore in-depth services such as AR real-time image translation 
and simultaneous interpretation of artificial intelligence, providing the 
all-weather, multi-domain and multi-lingual professional translation services 
for foreigners.

In addition, Sanya will give full play to the role of the market and actively 
guide hotels, scenic spots, shopping malls, restaurants and other tourism 
companies to participate in the construction of barrier-free international city 
construction and promote the international development of Sanya tourism. In the 
near future, tourism, work, life and business investment environment in Sanya 
will be more comfortable, convenient and efficient.

Source: Sanya Municipal People's Government
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