The
Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì (HSK), (Chinese: 汉语水平考试), translated as Chinese
Proficiency Test, is China's only standardized test of Standard Chinese
language proficiency for non-native speakers, namely foreign students,
overseas Chinese, and members of ethnic minority groups in China.
The
test is administered by Hanban, a non-government organization
affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of
China.
The HSK test approximates the English
TOEFL, and an HSK certificate is valid without any limitation in The
People's Republic of China. The test aims to be a certificate of
language proficiency for higher educational and professional purposes.
Test takers with outstanding results can win a scholarship for
short-term language study in China.