The notice of the Ministry of Finance on printing and distributing the first paragraph of document 17 clearly stipulates that:
Seventeenth accounting personnel to participate in continuing education to take the credit system management, to participate in continuing education to get no less than 24 credits each year.
Credits earned by accountants participating in continuing education are valid nationwide.
Eighteenth accounting personnel to participate in the form of continuing education as stipulated in Article thirteenth of these measures, the calculation standard of continuing education credits is as follows:
(a) to participate in continuing education teacher training, full-time accounting training and remote network accounting training organized by the continuing education management department, and pass the examination or assessment, and each class hour is converted into 1 credit;
(2) Those who participate in off-the-job accounting training and remote network accounting training organized by accounting personnel continuing education institutions announced by the continuing education management department and pass the examination or assessment are converted into 1 credit/class hour;
(3) Those who participate in off-the-job accounting training and remote network accounting training organized by the accounting personnel's unit announced by the administrative department of continuing education and pass the examination or assessment are converted into 1 credit/class hour;
(four) to participate in the training of national accounting leaders organized by the Ministry of Finance, and pass the examination or assessment, and each class hour is converted into 1 credit;
(five) to participate in the quality improvement project training for chief accountants of large and medium-sized enterprises and institutions organized by the Ministry of Finance, and pass the examination or assessment, and each class hour is converted into 1 credit;
(six) to participate in the high-end accounting personnel training organized by the provincial finance department, the central competent unit and the Finance Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and pass the examination or assessment, and each class hour is converted into 1 credit;
(seven) to participate in the continuing education and training of certified public accountants in China confirmed by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, converted into 1 credit/hour.