新中小学生汉语考试(YCT)是一项国际汉语能力标准化考试，考查汉语非第一语言的中小学生日常生活和学习中运用汉语的能力。新YCT分笔试和口试两部分。笔试包括YCT(一级)、YCT(二级)、YCT(三级)、YCT(四级)；口试包括YCT(初级)和YCT(中级)。 YCT(三级)考查考生的日常汉语应用能力，它对应于《国际汉语能力标准》二级、《欧洲语言共同参考柜架(CEF)》A2级。通过YCT(三级)的考生可以用汉语就熟悉的日常话题 进行简单而直接的交流，达到初级汉语优等水平。
The Youth Chinese Test (YCT) is an international standardised Chinese language proficiency test that tests the ability of primary and secondary school students whose Chinese is not their first language to use Chinese in their daily lives and studies. The new YCT has two parts: a written test and an oral test. The written test includes YCT (Level 1), YCT (Level 2), YCT (Level 3) and YCT (Level 4); the oral test includes YCT (Elementary) and YCT (Intermediate).
YCT (Level 3) tests candidates’ ability to use Chinese in everyday situations and corresponds to the International Chinese Language Proficiency Standard Level 2 and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) Level A2. Candidates who pass the YCT (Level 3) can communicate in Chinese in a simple and direct way on familiar everyday topics, and reach the level of primary Chinese proficiency.
