Putonghua/Guoyu, jiske jaada ar ke ""Mandarin"" bola jaae hae, People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), aur Singapore (jahan pe iske ""Huayu"" bola jaawe hae) ke official bhasa hae. Ii Beijing ke dialect pe based hae, jon ki Mandarin ke uu dialect hae jiske Beijing me bola jaawe hae. Sarkar ii maange hae ki sab koi baat chit kare ke khati ekke bhasa ke kaam me laawe. Ii kaarn se ii bhasa ke government agencies, media, aur school me parrhae ke khatir kaam me lawa jaawe hae.