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 Examinations 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 the 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 vocational 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 Examinations 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 Examinations for Junior and Intermediate Elderly Care Service Providers
Article 1 The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly establish the National Elderly Care Service Provider 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 examinations. 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 all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall jointly be responsible for organizing the examinations 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 Examinees 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 all departments and affiliated units of the central and state organs, personnel of centrally managed enterprises, 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 shall be organized once a year.
The examination results of the junior and intermediate elderly care service practitioner examinations shall be subject to a rolling management method with a two-year cycle. Examinees must pass all examination subjects within two consecutive examination years before they can obtain the corresponding level of elderly care service practitioner vocational qualification certificate.
Article 5 Examination sites shall, in principle, be arranged in universities, colleges, and secondary specialized schools, designated schools for the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, or specialized venues built by examination authorities in provincial capital cities and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and shall be arranged with priority in 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 reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. 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 implement dynamic management of the examination expert database.
Article 7 The Ministry of Civil Affairs shall organize the examination grading work, take 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 papers, provide data support and a decision-making basis for policy adjustments such as research on examination subjects, examination syllabi, and examination question design, and continuously strengthen the scientific nature, pertinence, and practicality of the examination.
Article 8 Adhere to the principle of separating examinations from training. All personnel involved in examination work (including question design, question review, and organization and management, etc.) shall not register to take the examination within the prescribed period and shall not engage in training work related to examination content. Examinees shall adhere to the principle of voluntariness in participating in training.
Article 9 Relevant institutions, experts, and staff involved in the organization and implementation of the examination shall strictly implement the laws, regulations, and rules and systems 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 These Measures shall be interpreted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Article 12 These Measures shall come into force on the date of promulgation.
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