目前，中国主要开设了三种关于西班牙语的考试：
² 全国高校西班牙语专业等级考试(四级和八级)
主办机构：全国高校外语专业教学指导委员会西班牙语组。
针对人群：高等院校西班牙语专业学生，目前还没有对社会人员开放。
考试时间：四级(每年的6月份)，八级(每年的3月份) 。
报名：由各高校西班牙语系组织统一报名。
² 全国二级、三级翻译专业资格/水平考试(西班牙语)
主办单位：人事部(中国外文局翻译专业资格考评中心)。
针对人群：对于报名者的身份没有特殊要求，主要适合西班牙语学习者和工作者。考试合格后，由人事部颁发翻译资格证书。
考试内容：二级为中级水平(分为笔译和口译，可任选其一) 。
三级为初级水平(分为笔译和口译，可任选其一)。
考试时间：西班牙语考试自2006年开始，每年11月份考试。
² DELE考试(相当于英语雅思和托福一类的出国考试)
考试简介：对外西班牙语水平证书(DELE— Diploma de Espa?ol como Lengua Extranjera)考试是一种面向母语为非西班牙语者的西语水平测试，由西班牙教育部于1989年开始举办，成绩合格的考生可以获得经西班牙教育和科技部核准的、国际范围内有效的官方证书。
证书特点：一旦获得，终生有效；得到了全球认可，适用范围不仅限于西班牙本土；考生资格无特定限制，无论职业类别、年龄大小，凡有兴趣者均可报名参加；DELE证书在企业、商会、公立以及私立教育系统中享有很高的国际声誉，对申请出国留学或出国工作有重要意义，并且被许多国家西班牙语教育系统和教学机构列为补充考察项目。
考试等级：初级(基本沟通场景)、中级(日常生活场景)、高级(需要运用高水平的西班牙语以及西语文化知识进行表达的场景)。
考试报名：每年举办两次，分别在3月和9月报名，考试时间为5月和11月。
Brief introduction of Spanish test
At present there are three different Spanish tests in China:
Test for Spanish Major-4/8
Organizer: the National Foreign Language Teaching Advisory Board, Spanish group.
Objects: college students majored in Spanish, not available for the public.
Examination time: Test for Spanish Major-4 every June; Test for Spanish Major-8 every March.
Inscription: organized to enroll by the departments of Spanish in colleges individually.
CATTI (Spanish) Level 2 and 3
Organizer: Ministry of Personnel
Objects: those who are Spanish learners and workers
Content: level 2 — intermediate level (written translation and interpretation, alternative)
Level 3 — elementary level (written translation and interpretation, alternative )
Examination time: every November
DELE （the equal of IELTS and TOEFL）
Brief introduction: DELE aims to test the Spanish linguistic competence of those who are not native speakers of Spanish. It has been held for 21 years by Spain Ministry of Education. Qualifiers can get official certificates which are approved by Spain Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology and are valid internationally.
Peculiarities of the certificates: permanently valid; internationally recognized; no given limits about examinees; high international reputation.
Levels of DELE: Elementary level(basic communications)、Intermediate level(daily life communications)、Advanced level(Skilled Spanish and a rich fund of Spanish culture knowledge are needed )
Inscription: DELE is held twice one year.
Inscription time: March and September.
Examination time: May and November.