Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Method
(Promulgated by Order No. 21 of the Board of Education on September 2, 1992 and effective from September 2, 1992)
Article 1 These Measures are formulated for the implementation of the Chinese Proficiency Test of the People's Republic of China (Han Yu Shui Ping Kao Shi, abbreviated as HSK).
Article 2 The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is a standard test established to test the Chinese language proficiency of non-native Chinese speakers.
Article 3 The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is a unified standardized test that implements unified propositions, examinations, marking, and grading, and uniformly issues certificates.
Article 4 The Chinese Language Proficiency Test (HSK) is divided into the Elementary and Intermediate Chinese Proficiency Examinations (HSK (Elementary and Secondary Schools) and the Advanced Chinese Proficiency Examination (HSK (Advanced)). Those who meet the specified standards will be awarded the corresponding level of "Chinese Proficiency Certificate".
Article 5 The Chinese Proficiency Certificate is divided into: Elementary Level Certificate (Level A, B, and C, and Level A is the same), Intermediate Level Certificate (Level A, B, and C), and Advanced Level Certificate (Level A, B, and C).
Article 6 The validity of the Chinese Proficiency Certificate is: (1) As a proof of the actual Chinese language proficiency required for admission to Chinese colleges and universities or for postgraduate studies. (2) As proof that the Chinese language level has reached a certain level or is exempted from the corresponding level of Chinese language courses. (3) As the basis for the Chinese proficiency of the hiring agency.
Article 7 The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) is held regularly every year in China and overseas. Domestic examinations are held in June and October every year at designated colleges and universities. Foreign examinations are entrusted to local colleges and universities or academic solids, and are held once a year in June or October.
Article 8 Those who have a certain foundation in Chinese and whose mother tongue is not Chinese can register for the Chinese proficiency test with the main examiner. Applicants are required to pay the examination fee to the main examiner. Candidates enter the examination room with the "admission ticket" issued by the chief examiner. Candidates should abide by the examination rules, and violators will be punished by the main examiner until they are disqualified.
Article 9 The National Education Commission establishes the Chinese Proficiency Examination Committee, called the National Chinese Proficiency Examination Committee, which has full authority to lead the Chinese proficiency examination and issue the "Chinese Proficiency Certificate". The Office of the National Leading Group for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and the Beijing Language Institute are responsible for the implementation of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK).
Article 10 The National Chinese Proficiency Examination Committee shall employ a number of experts and professors to form the Chinese Proficiency Test Advisory Committee to be responsible for the consultation of the Chinese Language Proficiency Test (HSK).
Article 11 These Measures shall come into force on the date of promulgation.
