In 2024, China’s language service industry comprises 54,000 specialized enterprises and over 950,000 companies with language services in their business scope. According to the Blue Book of Language Services: China Language Service Development Report 2024, the industry’s output value reached approximately 198.2 billion yuan in 2023. The National Language Service Export Base of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) adopted a new evaluation system for language service enterprises, selecting 40 high-quality providers from multiple dimensions including operational performance, integrity, innovation, industry influence, and corporate image. On January 5, 2025, at the Language Service 40 Forum, the "2024 Recommended Language Service Enterprises List" was released, with Tangneng Translation listed among the recommended enterprises.
Founded in 2002 by Ms. Su Yang, a lecturer at Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Tangneng Translation Consulting Co., Ltd. operates under the mission: "Tangneng Translation +, Achieving Globalization — Helping clients win global target markets through timely, meticulous, professional, and reliable language services." Its core services include written translation, interpretation, equipment rental, multimedia localization, website translation and typesetting, and translation technology services, covering over 60 languages worldwide, such as English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
With over 20 years of development, Tangneng Translation has become a leading brand in China’s translation industry, ranking among the "Top 10 Influential Brands in China’s Translation Industry" and the "Top 27 Asia-Pacific Language Service Providers." Being selected as a recommended enterprise in 2024, Tangneng will continue to deepen its expertise in various industries, using professional and efficient language services to clear linguistic barriers for enterprises in their internationalization processes.
The National Language Service Export Base of BLCU leverages research results from various think tanks to support global customer experiences through multilingual services.
"Recommended language service enterprises are the leading players in China’s language service industry, characterized by standardized practices, good industry reputation, and compliance with national and industry certifications or evaluations. They are truly worthy of recommendation," commented Professor Wang Lifei, Chief Expert of the National Language Service Export Base and Dean of the International Institute for Language Services at BLCU.
Research Methodology
The National Language Service Export Base of BLCU uses structured and documented approaches to ensure independent, reliable, and data-driven research for language service providers, technology vendors, global enterprises, and investors.
About the National Language Service Export Base of BLCU
Established in March 2022 by ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Commerce, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Education, and China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, the base focuses on serving the national high-quality development strategy and a new round of opening-up. It accelerates the integration of language services with information technology, explores collaborative innovation mechanisms among government, industry, academia, research, and application, improves the quality of language service talent training, promotes disciplinary construction in language services, enhances research capabilities, and strengthens the export capacity of language services. It provides talent and intellectual support for expanding service trade exports, cultural exchanges, and international communication, driving the high-quality development of Chinese characteristic language services in the new era.
