AQA (8673) and Edexcel (1CN0) set GCSE Chinese, and the code is printed on the front of your paper. Each board below shows its newest papers and its questions by topic; the board's own page holds the full list.

AQA8673

Since 2017

4,000 a year

AQA's own site

Edexcel1CN0

Since 2017

4,000 a year

Edexcel's own site

At a glance

127papers from 2 exam boards, June 2011 to June 2025.

430documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.

GCSE Chinese is examined in June and November. Each board's own page holds its full list, back to its first exam.

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LF

HigherPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LH

The code on the paper says which: 8673/LF is Foundation and 8673/LH is Higher.

Foundation or Higher, the characters don't get any fewer strokes.

Chinese at other levels

International GCSE Chinese382 International A Level Chinese286 GCE A Level Chinese44 International AS Level Chinese32 GCE AS Level Chinese11

Memes

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Learn the stroke order

Draw it how it looks and pray

Me facing a character I've seen once

Knowing ‘ni hao’

Getting the tones right

Writing characters in stroke order

Hearing the audio and knowing which ‘shi’ it is

Chinese enlightenment, ranked

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Six characters. Two of them right.