The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is China‘s national standardized test designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University to assess the Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers (including foreigners, overseas Chinese and students from Chinese national minorities). Continue reading »

Content and Duration of the HSK
　　
　　1. The content of the beginners‘ HSK includes listening comprehension, grammar, and reading comprehension. The test lasts 135 minutes. Continue reading »

The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, (simplified Chinese: 汉语水平考试; traditional Chinese: 漢語水平考試; pinyin: Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì), abbreviated as HSK, is the People’s Republic of China’s only standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for non-native speakers, namely foreign students, overseas Chinese, and members of ethnic minority groups in China. It is also known as the “Chinese Proficiency Test” and the “Chinese TOEFL.”^{[1] Continue reading »}

The government supports private educational organizations. The Law on Promotion of Private Education officially came into effect on September 1, 2003. By the end of 2003, there were 60,000 private schools of various kinds and at various levels, with a total enrollment of 11.16 million. Among them, there are 1,202 private institutes of higher learning (not including the 133 private schools of higher learning qualified to grant degrees), Continue reading »

Relatively poor western and rural areas where some 64 percent of China‘s population lives will receive priority in developing education over the next four years, with the Central Government allocating 10 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) each year to the areas. This large allocation, at unprecedented levels, reflects the Central Government‘s determination to propel educational Continue reading »

Higher or tertiary education in China includes regular universities, adult universities, university colleges, advanced vocational institutions as well as other alternative forms of higher education institutions. Continue reading »

1. Introduction

　　China’s basic education includes nursery, primary and secondary schools. Continue reading »

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