英孚發佈英語水平排名 中國排名位居全球第36

The English proficiency of people in China has reached its highest level since 2011, according to a report released last Wednesday.

上週三發佈的一份報告顯示，中國人的英語熟練程度已達到2011年以來的最高水平。

The country's proficiency ranking rose three places to 36th among 80 countries and regions, according to the 2017 English Proficiency Index of the Swedish education company Education First.

根據瑞典教育公司英孚的2017英語熟練度指標，在80個國家和地區中，中國的英語熟練度排名上升3位至第36位。

Proficiency in English among residents of Shanghai has ranked first in China for four consecutive years, followed by Hong Kong and Beijing, the report said.

該報告指出，上海居民的英語水平連續4年領跑全國，香港、北京緊隨其後。

Nine out of 10 people who took the test, which was developed by the company and consists of reading and listening, were not clients of Education First. The median age was 26; 48 percent were women.

在參加由英孚公司舉行的、由閱讀和聽力組成的該測試的人中，其中90%不是受英孚的客戶。這些人的中位年齡爲26歲，48%是女性。

The English proficiency of people in 80% of China's provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions has improved since last year, thanks to education reforms adopted by the government and the opening up of Chinese society, said Melissa Lam, general manager and chief representative of Education First in China.

英孚教育中國區總經理兼首席代表林欣欣稱，由於政府實施的教育改革以及中國社會的開放，自去年以來，中國8成省市區的居民的英語水平都有所提高。

"A lot of international conferences have been held in China in the past few years, which I think has helped with not only economic development but also with the development of English proficiency," she said.

她表示：“在過去幾年中，許多國際會議在中國舉行，她認爲這不僅有助於經濟的發展，也有助於英語水平的提高。”