Where else are traditional Chinese characters used now?

Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau are in use.

According to the provisions of Article 17 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) General Language Law, the following six places should be able to use traditional characters and variant characters.

Only under special circumstances are traditional characters and variant characters allowed. : "In the relevant provisions of this chapter, under any of the following circumstances, traditional Chinese characters and variant Chinese characters may be retained or used:

(1) Cultural relics and historic sites.

(2) variations in surnames.

(3) works of art such as calligraphy and seal cutting.

(4) Handwritten inscriptions and signboards.

(five) needed in publishing, teaching and research.

(six) special circumstances approved by the relevant departments of the State Council.

The above six categories are expressly stipulated, and there is another situation, that is, the use of Chinese characters in public places, which was clearly pointed out by Vice Premier Li Lanqing in his written speech at the national conference on language and writing held at the end of 1997.

"Signboards, publicity slogans, advertisements and neon lights in all public places must be correct in language, standardized in writing and complete in font; Among them, calligraphy advocates writing standard characters, but China characters are also a kind of calligraphy art, so there is no need to be demanding. If the name of a shop in calligraphy uses traditional Chinese characters, the name of the shop marked with standardized words should be placed in an obvious position for public identification. "

According to this statement, because China calligraphy is an art, traditional Chinese characters can also be used in public places, but simplified shop names should be distributed in appropriate and obvious places.