Diplomatic Service: Mandarin Language
(asked on 10th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of their diplomats possess advanced language qualifications in Mandarin Chinese.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 24th September 2021
Over the past 5 years 63 FCDO staff have achieved qualifications in Mandarin at C1 or C2 level (in the Common European Framework Reference scale). FCDO language qualifications are valid for 5 years.