Business Chinese Examination Syllabus (with CD-ROM)

Author: Office of the National Working Committee on Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, China
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: To effectively measure the Chinese proficiency of non-Chinese speakers engaged in business activities and meet the demand of the domestic and international non-Chinese-speaking learning market, the Business Chinese Test (BCT) was developed by Peking University under commission. The research project for the Business Chinese Test is a national key research project. In July 2005, China held the first "World Conference on Chinese Language," marking the entry of Chinese international promotion into a new phase. To better adapt to the new situation and ensure that the syllabus of the Business Chinese Test reaches a higher standard in theoretical elaboration, question design, and written expression to meet the global demand for business tests, experts from home and abroad were specially invited to review and revise the syllabus, and it was decided to name the test "Business Chinese Test," abbreviated as BCT. Subsequently, the test papers were adjusted accordingly based on expert opinions. In 2006, the revised new papers underwent a new round of pilot testing domestically and internationally, and the final question types were determined. Based on expert feedback, the revision of the syllabus was completed in August 2006. To ensure that the Business Chinese Test truly measures the test-takers' language communication ability in a business environment, most of the materials in the test papers are taken from real business contexts and have been appropriately modified as needed. Due to the of the questions, it is not feasible to list the sources of all the materials. This note is provided for this purpose.