Advanced Chinese language test launched for non-native speakers

The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, or HSK, a Chinese language proficiency test, will officially host its first test for high-level non-native speakers on Nov 26, said the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, the test's developer.

The new test criteria, based on the Standard for Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education adopted last year, ranks advanced test takers into three levels, from seven to nine.

The new test includes 98 questions gauging students' language skills in the categories of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation.