The level of Putonghua should reach Grade B or above in the Grade Standard for Putonghua Proficiency Test issued by the State Language Committee, among which Chinese teachers and teachers of teaching Chinese as a foreign language should not be lower than Grade A, and phonetic teachers should not be lower than Grade B ... If there are other provisions in areas with complex ethnic dialects, ethnic autonomous areas and provincial education administrative departments, those provisions shall prevail.
The Putonghua level of teachers in primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and off-campus education units is not lower than Grade II, among which Chinese teachers are not lower than Grade 2A and Putonghua phonetic teachers are not lower than Grade I; The putonghua level of teachers in colleges and universities is not lower than Grade III A, among which modern Chinese teachers are not lower than Grade II A, and Putonghua phonetic teachers are not lower than Grade I A; The Putonghua level of teachers of Chinese as a foreign language should be no less than Grade 2.
Grade A (test score: between 97- 100), when reading aloud and talking freely, the pronunciation is standard, the words and grammar are correct, the tone is natural and the expression is smooth. Grade B (test score: 92-96.99), when reading aloud and talking freely, the pronunciation is standard, the words and grammar are correct, the intonation is natural and the expression is smooth. Occasionally there will be mistakes in pronunciation and intonation.