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OVERVIEW

With HSK as the leading Chinese proficiency test, the series of Chinese tests including YCT for primacy and secondary school students, BCT for business and MCT for medicine are national standardized tests sponsored by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation ( C L E C ) of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. It has set up 1,360 test centers in 162 countries worldwide, serving more than 7.5 million test takers every year and more than 50 million people in total. HSK has become the third-largest language test brand after IELTS and TOEFL.

INTRODUCTION OF THE TESTS

Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK)

HSK is a national standardized test sponsored by the CLEC, which focuses on the ability of test takers, who speaks Chinese as a second language, to use Chinese for communication in life, study and work.

HSK is based on the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (GF0025-2021) (hereinafter referred to as “the Standards”), forming a “three – level, nine-grade” test system.

The test system is divided into specific levels according to test scores, with level 9 being the highest level.

Level Description

*HSK 7-9 levels are one test paper for three levels with specific levels divided according to exam results.*

Examination Content

*HSK 1-6 speaking proficiency needs to be tested through a separate HSK speaking.*

The HSK score report provides four scores*for listening, reading, writing, and total score, with each subtest worth 100 points totaling 300 points. The report also provides a table of percentile rank norms so that test takers can get a general idea of where they stand among global test takers.

HSK Level 1 and HSK Level 2 are scored out of 200 points for listening, Reading and Total only. The HSK Speaking is a separate score report.