Notice of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Issuing the ‘Implementation Measures for the Professional Qualification Examination for Junior and Intermediate Elderly Care Service Providers’

To the Civil Affairs Departments (Bureaus) and Human Resources and Social Security Departments (Bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government; the Civil Affairs Bureau and Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; and the Talent Development Bureau of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee:

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the national professional qualification system, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have formulated the ‘Implementation Measures for the Professional Qualification Examination for Junior and Intermediate Elderly Care Service Providers’, which are hereby issued to you for implementation.

Ministry of Civil Affairs

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

September 15, 2026

Implementation Measures for the Professional Qualification Examination for Junior and Intermediate Elderly Care Service Practitioners

Article 1 The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly establish the National Elderly Care Service Practitioner Professional Qualification Examination Office (hereinafter referred to as the National Elderly Care Service Examination Office). The National Elderly Care Service Examination Office is located in the Department of Elderly Care Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and undertakes the daily management of the examination. The specific examination administration work is entrusted to the Personnel Examination Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

The human resources and social security departments and civil affairs departments of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government are jointly responsible for organizing the examination in their respective regions.

Article 2 Both the junior and intermediate elderly care service practitioner examinations have two examination subjects: ‘Comprehensive Knowledge of Elderly Care Services’ and ‘Elderly Care Service Practice’.

Article 3 Candidates who meet the examination registration requirements shall register in accordance with the procedures and requirements prescribed by the examination authority, and shall take the examination at the designated time, place, and examination room with their admission ticket and valid identity document.

Personnel of departments of the Central and State Organs and their affiliated units, personnel of enterprises managed by the Central Government, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan residents and foreign nationals within the territory, shall register for the examination at the nearest location to their place of work or residence.

Article 4 In principle, the junior and intermediate elderly care service practitioner examinations are organized once a year.

The examination results for junior and intermediate elderly care service practitioners shall be managed on a rolling basis with a two-year cycle. Candidates must pass all examination subjects within two consecutive examination years before they can obtain the professional qualification certificate for the corresponding level of elderly care service practitioner.

Article 5 Examination sites shall, in principle, be arranged at colleges and universities, secondary specialized schools, designated schools for the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, or specialized venues built by examination institutions in provincial capital cities and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and shall be arranged with priority at standardized examination rooms for personnel examinations and standardized examination rooms for education examinations.

Article 6 The Ministry of Civil Affairs shall organize experts to draft the examination syllabus, which shall be published after being submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security for examination and approval. The Ministry of Civil Affairs shall, in accordance with the requirements of the examination syllabus, specifically organize experts to carry out the setting and review of examination questions, establish a question bank, and exercise dynamic management over the examination expert database.

Article 7 The Ministry of Civil Affairs shall organize the examination grading work, adopt effective measures to ensure the security of examination data and the scientific nature of grading results, and improve the efficiency of grading work. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security shall conduct acceptance checks on the grading results and publish the examination results in an appropriate manner.

The National Elderly Care Service Examination Office shall establish a quality assessment mechanism for examination questions and test papers, provide data support and decision-making basis for policy adjustments such as research on examination subjects, examination syllabi, and examination question setting, and continuously strengthen the scientific nature, pertinence, and practicality of the examination.

Article 8 The principle of separating examinations from training shall be adhered to. All personnel participating in examination work (including question setting, question review, and organization and management) shall not register to take the examination within the prescribed period and shall not engage in training work related to the examination content. Examinees shall adhere to the principle of voluntariness in participating in training.

Article 9 Relevant institutions, experts, and staff participating in the organization and implementation of the examination shall strictly implement the laws, regulations, and rules related to professional and technical personnel qualification examinations, and comply with examination work discipline and confidentiality provisions.

Article 10 Personnel who violate examination work discipline and relevant provisions shall be dealt with in accordance with the Provisions on the Handling of Disciplinary and Violation Behaviors in Professional and Technical Personnel Qualification Examinations.

Article 11 The interpretation of these Measures shall be the responsibility of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Article 12: These Measures shall come into effect on the date of promulgation.

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