To boost confidence in simplified characters, the Chinese government recently invited famous centenarian linguist Zhou Youguang to utter the following endorsement: "The popularity of simplified characters demonstrates that simplification was a step in the right direction and has won the approval of most people around the world."
為了加強世人對簡體字的信念，中國政府特地請出現年百歲的著名語言學家周有光為其背書，強調「簡體字的盛行，證明簡化方向是對的，並已得到全世界多數人的同意。」