The "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for International University Students is a large-scale international contest sponsored by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) in Beijing, and is well-known in cultural and educational exchanges worldwide. The competition is held yearly and is organised and carried out by the Organising Committee. This is the 18th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition. To date over 1,000,000 college students from 130 countries have participated in the competition.