The spouses of the people are foreigners, stateless persons, people from the mainland area, and residents of Hong Kong and Macau.” But in fact, the new residents in China are not only foreign spouses. Immigrants residing and settled in China and their descendants, including foreign partners, migrant workers, international students and the second generation of new residents, can be regarded as new residents in a broad sense. This group of people is different from ordinary tourists who visit Taiwan for a short period of time. They are not necessarily naturalized citizens of the Republic of China, but their work, study and marital status have already exerted greater or lesser influence on Taiwanese society, and their number even exceeds that of the original residents.
The ethnic group has become the popular database fourth largest group after the southern Fujian, Hakka, and other provinces in China, especially the second generation of new residents has gradually grown up, and the second generation is mostly of Southeast Asian descent, so in order to take into account the education rights of new residents, but also to promote the new southward direction Policy , the Ministry of Education, in the 12-year state education, has incorporated the language of the new residents into the curriculum, matched with teacher training and compiled textbooks,
Officially launched the language education of the new residents in primary and secondary schools, and stipulated that the children of the new residents must learn the language of the new residents at school. , which is the development background and reason for the implementation of new resident languages in China. In terms of social needs, language education for new residents is a form of practicing the right to education for new residents.