Study and Application of HSK Exam Simulation Media Darmanto 1 , Yulius Hari 2 , Budi Hermawan 3 , Endang Sulistyowati 4 {darmanto2@hotmail.com 1 , yulius.hari.s@gmail.com 2 } Universitas Widya Kartika, Indonesia 1, 2, 3 Universitas Kartini, Indonesia 4 Abstract. Along with the economic development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, the ability to speak Mandarin is a necessity both in the world of business and education. In the Chinese language field, obtaining HSK Certification as a stimulant for students to improve their academic qualifications. Similarly, it is not uncommon for workers or prospective employees to seek certification to improve their professionalism. Various high school or university with mandarin language competency requires students to pass the HSK certification exam at a certain level. The emergence of a combination of innovative products in the field of Electronics and Information Technology has been the driving force behind the development of an application of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) as a supporting medium to support the preparation of the HSK exam. The local application created is expected to complement the media available at the Google Play digital store. Specifically, this media was tested as an exam simulation application for Nurul Jadid Probolinggo high school students and Mandarin study program students at Widya Kartika University, which required students and students to pass HSK levels 4 and 5. Based on student or student responses, this application was quite significant as a supporting medium. paper-based or online HSK exam preparation. Keywords: HSK, Foreign Language Learning, Learning Media 1 Introduction Mandarin is one of the official languages set by the United Nations (UN) organization. Nowadays, Mandarin has become very important and has become the second international language after English. Along with the economic development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, the ability to speak Mandarin became a necessity both in the world of business and education. Mandarin is not only useful in business matters, but many other things too. The Mandarin competency test, also known as the HSK which stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, was initiated by the Chinese Hanban, to provide information about one's Mandarin competence. This test is the result of collaboration of experts from China and from outside China by involving experts in the discipline of Mandarin Language Teaching, Linguistics, Psychology and Education [1]. In learning Mandarin, get HSK Certification as a stimulant for students, students or employees to improve their competency qualifications. According to the main needs in the Business World and the Industrial World, someone with Mandarin language skills has the competitiveness to seize available employment opportunities. Getting to know someone's abilities and skills in Mandarin language can be proven among them by the HSK certification obtained from the results of passing the HSK test. This HSK certification has an equivalent function to the TOEFL & IELTS test for English. This certificate shows valid recognition of STRUKTURAL 2020, December 30, Indonesia Copyright © 2021 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.30-12-2020.2311281