Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland & Fife and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education has called on the Scottish Government to help increase the opportunities for learning Chinese in Scottish schools. Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland & Fife and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education said: “The growth in the economy of China has created many opportunities for Scottish businesses and helped to develop greater links between Scotland and China. There is also growing interest in Scotland in Chinese culture and society. “Scottish Conservatives support the development of more opportunities for learning about China and learning Mandarin Chinese in Scottish schools, colleges, and universities and an important part of this is the Scottish Government’s Working with China strategy. “The essential focus must be to ensure that there are more teachers of Mandarin Chinese and that there is much clearer information available to all students about which courses are available in which educational institutions. Liz smith MSP continued: “It is vital that we look to what is an ever increasing middle class in China and the opportunities which this presents to help grow the number of tourist coming to Scotland from China and an important part of this is providing greater information in Chinese to potential visitors as well as the opportunity for non-English speaking Chinese tourists to be assures a welcome visit to Scotland.