Current Structure (since 2010)
Hanban (中国国家对外汉语教学领导小组办公室 (shortened: 国家汉办); China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban)) is currently responsible for the HSK exams and introduced a new format in November 2009.
The new format's emphasis is "comprehensive language and communication ability". Most notable is the inclusion of spoken and written segments at all levels (not just Advanced), reformation of the ranking system, and use of new question structures.
The new HSK consists of a writing test and a speaking test, which are independent of each other.
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