BCT

Business Chinese Test (BCT)

Business Chinese Test (BCT) is an international standardized test designed to assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers engaged in business activities. It is especially used by companies to certify or evaluate the level of their employees.

The BCT consists of a writing test and a speaking test, which are independent of each other. The writing test is divided into two levels, namely, the BCT (A), and the BCT (B). The different levels of the BCT can meet some of the levels in the Chinese Language

BCT (A)

Test takers who are able to pass the BCT (A) can understand and use Chinese language to accomplish the tasks of daily communication and basic business communication.

BCT (B)

Test takers who are able to pass the BCT (B) can understand and use the Chinese language to complete more complex business communication tasks.

BCT (Oral)

Test takers who took the BCT (Oral), can understand and use the Chinese language to complete kinds of different business communication tasks, and therefore their language competence can be divided into five proficiency levels.

BCT proficiency compared to other systems

Proficiency levels according to the BCT system can be compared with HSKK, BCT, YCT and with levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the Interagency Language Roundtable scale (ILR) and the Chinese Language Proficiency Scales for Speakers of Other Languages (CLPS). The indicative relation is as shown in next table.

BCT

HSK

HSKK

YCT

Vocabulary

CEF

ILR

CLPS

BCT (B)

HSK Level 6

HSKK (Adv.)

Over 5,000

C2

4/4+

Grade V

HSK Level 5

2,500

C1

3/3+

Grade V

HSK Level 4

HSKK (Interm.)

1,200

B2

2/2+

Grade IV

BCT (A)

HSK Level 3

YCT Level 4

600

B1

1+

Grade III

HSK Level 2

HSKK (Basic)

YCT Level 3

300

A2

1

Grade II

HSK Level 1

YCT Level 2

150

A1

0/0+

Grade I

YCT Level 1

80