National Languages Committee

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The National Languages Committee, formerly Mandarin Promotion Council (traditional Chinese: 國語推行委員會; pinyin: Guóyǔ Tuīxíng Wěiyuánhuì) was established by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with the purpose of standardizing and popularizing the usage of Standard Mandarin in Taiwan.

It was created as the Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language (國語統一籌備會; Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Huì) by the Republic (then still based in Nanjing) on April 21, 1919. On December 12, 1928, the Commission was renamed to the Preparatory Committee for the Unification of the National Language (國語統一籌備委員會; Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Wěiyuánhuì), headed by Woo Tsin-hang and had 31 members. The Committee was revived in 1983 as the Mandarin Promotion Council based on Taiwan.

The decisions reached by the Council include:

Changing the first- and second-grade textbook titles from Guowen (國文 "National Script") to Guoyu (國語 "National language"), on January 24, 1920
Publishing the Guoyin Zidian (國音字典 "National Pronunciation Dictionary") edited by Woo Tsin-hang, on December 24, 1920. The Guoyin Zidian later became the Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典), a comprehensive on-line and CD-ROM Traditional Chinese Mandarin dictionary.