Foreign diplomats take HKC test  

驻华外交官参加汉语考试：冀更多了解中国

一共5间考场，每个考场内有4个相对独立的小房间，房间内摆放着电脑桌椅和电脑。柬埔寨驻华使馆公使衔参赞高生乐从中找到属于自己的6号座位，坐下，戴好耳麦。他面前的电脑屏幕上显示：欢迎参加汉语口语水平测试。

Tianjin (CNS) -- Seventeen foreign diplomats to China sat for the HKC oral Chinese proficiency test in Tianjin on Sunday.

Diplomats from England, Belgium, Pakistan, Nepal, the Philippines, Surinam, Cambodia and Japan took the computer-based test and expressed their willingness to understand China better by learning its principle language.

An increasing number of foreigners have chosen to learn Chinese because the country has developed so rapidly, so it's also important for me to learn it, said Mr. Kao Samreth, Minister Counselor of Cambodia.

A British diplomat said that China's development embodies the future trend of the world, which had inspired him to learn Chinese.