Over 750,000 people from around the world took the Official Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) every year. these people from different industries, backgrounds are learning in hope to understand the often-misunderstood country better and benefit from knowing the most widely spoken language in the world whether it is for personal reasons or business opportunities.
China has over 5000 years of history and has 1.28 billion people, which equates to approximately one-fifth of the global population; the significance of knowing Mandarin and understanding China in this world is more obvious than not. China is currently the second largest economy in the world that has strong economic ties with world powerhouses such as the U.S., EU and etc. It is said in 2014 that China’s 10 biggest trading partners are: the U.S. at $521 billion, Hong Kong at $401 billion then in the following order, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, and Russia.