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General Introduction
China's
Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, known as HSK or the Chinese
Proficiency Test is a standardized test at the state level
designed and developed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language
and Culture University to assess the Chinese proficiency of
non-native speakers (foreigners, overseas Chinese and
students of Chinese national minorities). HSK consists of
the basic Chinese proficiency test (HSK Basic), the
elementary and intermediate Chinese proficiency test (HSK
Elementary-Intermediate) and the advanced Chinese
proficiency test (HSK Advanced). HSK is held regularly in
China and other countries each year. Certificates of HSK
will be issued to those who have secured the required
scores.
The
Chinese Ministry of Education has established China National
Committee for Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK)(CNCCPT). The
Committee is the supervisor of HSK and the issuer of the
Chinese proficiency certificates. CNCCPT has an office
called Office of China National Committee for Chinese
Proficiency Test (HSK), which takes care of the HSK affairs
together with the HSK Center of BLCU.
1. About Applicants of HSK
HSK
(Basic) applies to those learners with the basic Chinese
proficiencies, namely, those who have taken 100 to 800 hours
of regular modern Chinese learning (including those with the
equivalent learning experiences). HSK
(Elementary-Intermediate) is for those who are at the
elementary and intermediate level in Chinese proficiency,
i.e. those who have taken 400-2000 regular hours of modern
Chinese courses (including those whose proficiency in
Chinese is similar to that standard). The HSK (Advanced) is
designed to measure the Chinese proficiency of those who are
proficient in Chinese, i.e. who have taken 3000 regular
hours or more modern Chinese learning (including those whose
proficiency in Chinese is similar to that standard).
2. The functions of HSK Certificates
（1）to
certify that the holder has acquired the required Chinese
Proficiency to enter a college or university as an
undergraduate or graduate student.
（2）to
certify that the holder can be exempt from taking the
Chinese language course depending on the level of
certification.
（3）as
a basis for the employers to evaluate the Chinese
proficiency of the job applicants.
3. HSK organizer and certificate issuer
CNCCPT
is the organizer of HSK.
And
the CNCCPT Office and the HSK Center of BLCU are both in
charge of the HSK affairs.
4. Test Dates and Venues
HSK
is held regularly in Mainland China. The following is the
time schedule of 2006 HSK tests.
(1)
HSK (Basic): 2 tests in 2006
The
1st test
Time:
April
The
2nd test
Time:
December
(2)
HSK (Elementary-Intermediate): 3 tests in 2006
The
1st test
Time:
April
The
2nd test
Time:
June
The
3rd test
Time:
December
(3)
HSK (Advanced): 2 tests in 2006
The
1st test
Time:
April
The
2nd test
Time:
October
HSK
tests will be arranged in light of the actual local
circumstances in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other
countries. For details about the time schedule please
enquire at the local test center.
5. Registration Procedures
（1）Candidates
shall bring two recent 30 x 40 mm photos without headwear
when registering and present a photo-bearing identification,
such as a passport or residence permit.
（2）Candidates
have to pay the fees for the test and registration. In
China, it is
￥200
RMB for HSK Basic (including
￥70
RMB for the registration fee);
￥250
RMB for HSK Elementary-Intermediate (including
￥70
RMB for the registration fee) and
￥400
RMB for HSK Advanced (including
￥70
RMB for the registration fee) (as to fees to be paid in
other countries or by students of ethnic minorities, please
contact local test centers). Fees for the test and
registration are non-refundable. And postage is included in
the fees. When a candidate cannot take the test in time due
to some insurmountable reasons and notifies in advance the
test center at which he registered before the test date,
with the approval of the center (with the signature and
stamp of the center), one test opportunity will be retained
for the candidate and he or she will only pay the
registration fee if he takes the next test in the future.
（3）Candidates
living where there are no local test centers may register by
mail. Applications must be sent to the test center by
registered mail at least one week before the final
registration deadline and enclose a photocopy of an official
piece of identification, a resume (including the Chinese and
English names, sex, nationality, date of birth), a detailed
mail address and two recent 30 x 40 photos without head
wear. Meanwhile fees for the test and registration shall be
remitted to the registration site by post. No telephone
registration will be accepted. And the admission ticket will
be given to the candidate in person upon his or her arrival
at the testing site.
（4）Candidates
will be given the admission ticket and the HSK User
Handbook. Candidates shall take the exam according to the
time and place specified on the admission ticket.
6. Preparation for HSK
As
a standardized test of general language proficiency, HSK is
not based on any particular textbook or course of study.
Therefore candidates may refer to any textbook in preparing
for the test. Nevertheless, it is important that all
candidates read HSK Test Syllabus carefully, a guide for the
pre-test preparation. It contains an introduction to HSK, a
sample HSK test paper and the key, HSK glossary and a CD of
the sample listening questions.
To
be admitted to the test room, every examinee will be
required to present his or her admission ticket and a
photo-bearing ID certificate (ID card, passport or a
residence permit). No candidates will be allowed to enter
the test room without the afore-mentioned two evidences. The
candidates whose admission ticket is missing can only be
admitted to the test room till the ticket is reissued (with
handling charges). Tape recorders, cameras, dictionaries,
notebooks, textbooks and other unnecessary objects mustn’t
be taken into the room. Mobile phones and MP3 shall be
switch off and put inside bags, which shall be placed at an
area designated by the invigilators.
Candidates
arriving five minutes late (since the start of listening
comprehension test) may be admitted to the testing room and
start the test right away. If examinees are 5 to 35 minutes
late for the test, they may not start until the next section
begins and no extra test time is to be offset for the late
arrivals. Thirty-five minutes after the beginning of the
exam, no candidates will be admitted to the test room.
7. Things to note during the test
（1）Once
in the test room, candidates shall put the admission ticket
and the ID certificate on the upper right corner of the desk
for the inspection of invigilators. All the activities of
the candidates are subject to the instructions of the
supervisor.
（2）Duration
for HSK (Basic) is about 135 minutes; HSK
(Elementary-Intermediate) about 145 minutes without break;
and HSK (Advanced) about 180 minutes with a break after the
written test. In principle candidates shall not leave the
test room during the course of the test. If so under some
exceptional circumstances, the candidate shall gain the
permission from the supervisor.
（3）HSK
has a strict control of the time limits for each section of
the test and candidates shall answer the corresponding test
questions within a given time period and avoid jumping to
the later sections or turning back to the previous ones
during the test.
（4）Candidates
shall not take the test papers or answer sheets out of the
room, or tear apart, replace or copy the contents of the
test.
（5）Candidates
shall abide by the test instructions and rules and those who
violate the rules will be warned and not even allowed to
continue the test by the organizer.
（6）Before
answering the test questions, candidates shall fill in their
names (Chinese and English), the test paper code,
nationality code, the test center code and the candidate’s
number according to the admission ticket. Candidates should
also draw a bar like this [■] to indicate their sex. The
test paper code is on the upper right corner. The
nationality code is a fixed number created by the test
center for each country and nationality for all HSK tests.
For example, the code for Japan is 525, France 610, etc. The
candidate’s number is a serial number of registration. The
test center code is the number for the place where the test
is held. For example, the admission ticket of a Japanese
student called Kimula Yuko is like this.
While
filling in the information, candidates should write the
numbers first in the blanks on the left and then draw a bar
on the corresponding numbers on the right like this [■].
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The HSK Admission Ticket
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（7）Answers
should be made by drawing a bar like this: [■].
Please
note that the bar should be drawn thick and bold to make
sure that the card-reading machine can recognize the
answers. The candidate should bear the consequences due to
his or her failure in following the instructions about how
to answer the questions.
8. The Issuing of HSK Certificates and Test Report Form
The
HSK certificate and test report form will be mailed to the
HSK test centers by the organizer within two months after
the test. Candidates may obtain certificates and test report
forms either by collecting them in person at the test center
or by mail from the test center.
The
retention period of the certificate and the test report form
is 2 years. If the candidate does still not claim them after
2 years, the organizer will not keep them any longer.
9. Regulations on reissuing test report forms
Candidates
may come to the HSK Center of BLCU and can require a reissue
of the test report form for the purpose of employment or
application for study in a university within the valid
period of the test result. There are handling and cost
charges for it.
10. Period of Validity for HSK Certificates
The
HSK certificate has a permanent validity, whereas the
accompanying test report will only be valid for two years
(beginning from the date of the test session) as the
certification for foreign students to enter a college or
university in China.
11. Information and Services
Information
and services are available at the HSK Center of BLCU.
Address:
No.15, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s
Republic of China
Mail
Address: the HSK Center, Beijing Language and Culture
University
Postcode:
100083
Telephone:
(010) 82303672, 82303962
Fax:
(008610) 82303962
E—mail: HSK-service@blcu.edu.cn
Homepage: http://www.hsk.org.cn http://www.blcu.edu.cn
Persons
of contact: Chai Xingsan and Wu Xiaoyu (Office of Test
Affairs)
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