20 19 The first-class cost engineer valuation subject examination includes the national first-class cost engineer professional qualification examination "Construction Engineering Cost Management" and "Construction Engineering Valuation" as basic subjects, and the four majors of civil construction engineering, transportation engineering, water conservancy engineering and installation engineering adopt unified basic subject textbooks.

According to the description of the national vocational qualification examination outline and examination reference materials on the website of China Construction Engineering Cost Management Association, the two professional textbooks of civil engineering and installation engineering in the basic subjects and professional subjects of the national first-level vocational qualification examination for cost engineers are compiled by the editorial board of the National Vocational Qualification Examination Training Textbook for Cost Engineers.

There are 2 textbooks for basic disciplines and 2 textbooks for specialized disciplines, which are issued by China Planning Publishing House, namely, Construction Engineering Cost Management, Construction Engineering Valuation, Construction Engineering Technology and Measurement (Civil Construction Engineering) and Construction Engineering Technology and Measurement (Installation Engineering). Case Analysis of Construction Engineering Cost (Civil Construction Engineering and Installation Engineering) is published by China City Press (affiliated to China Building Industry Press).