Mainland Chinese students taking IELTS English test make greater gains than Hong Kong candidates over past decade

Mainland Chinese candidates who sat an internationally recognised English test have made greater improvements in their proficiency of the language than their Hong Kong counterparts over the past decade, according to results analysed by the Post.

But the English level of Hong Kong’s test takers was still better than that of the mainland’s. The mean score for candidates from the city last year stood at 6.7 on a 9-band scale, while those from the mainland received 6.1.