Many opportunities to study Chinese are also open to the German public at large. Major companies such as Siemens offer evening classes in Chinese for their employees, and adult education institutes throughout Germany offer all kinds of Chinese language courses, long and short, to the general public.
除了盛行於學術殿堂，德國民間也提供學習中文管道，大型公司、企業或工廠如西門子公司，便設有夜間部中文語言班，讓有需要的員工進修學習。各地社區成人學校也有許多不同長、短期的中文班，供一般有興趣的民眾選修。