The Confucius Institute In Sofia Have Held Their First Chinese Proficiency Test Exams Training Meeting For 2025

On 28th February 2025, the Confucius Institute in Sofia have conducted the first Chinese Proficiency Exams training meeting for 2025. Mrs Aksiniya Koleva – the Bulgarian director of the Confucius Institute in Sofia, Prof. Chen Ying - the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute in Sofia, and almost 20 Confucius Institute teachers, local teachers and the administrative secretaries responsible for the examination work, have participated in the training session which has been administered both online and on the venue.
Both CIS directors – Mrs Aksiniya Koleva from the Bulgarian side, and Prof. Chen Ying from the Chinese side, have administered the general arrangements for the forthcoming exams amongst which the allotment of the exam rooms, the sorting out of the exams flow operations, the supervision of the exams discipline, and other points of importance concerning the examinations. The Confucius Institute teacher Miss Huang Shihui, who has had rich experience in exams administration, has conducted a training session on the exams administration by introducing the test operations workflow in detail, the handling of any abnormal situations and the HSKK oral exams operating system.
The Confucius Institute in Sofia will be conducting the first Chinese language proficiency exams of the current year on 9th March. More than 190 Chinese language learners from Sofia and the surrounding areas have registered to sit for the exams.

The Confucius Institute in Sofia
Text: Chen Chen
Photos: Biliana Isaeva
Editors: Prof. Chen Ying, Aksiniya Koleva
English translation: Maya Kostadinova

Picture 1. Mrs Aksinia Koleva (first from right) - the director from the Bulgarian side, and Prof. Chen Ying (first from left) - the director from Chinese side, administering the work arrangements.

Picture 2. The examination training in process.

Picture 3. The the training session venue.