Beijing's Olympic games are coming in next summer. Learning English for the incoming Olympic games has been prevailing in our country.
For making a fortune, it is good to learn English. As simply as that, a taxi driver will lose his foreign customers if he cannot understand English. In a bigger picture, hotels will lose their foreign customers if they cannot communicate in English.
All in all, learning English helps our Chinese become more successful in our field which is not only for the Olympic games!