The intermediate economist examination (human resources major) requires two subjects, namely, basic economic knowledge and professional knowledge and practice of human resources management.

The examination results of primary and intermediate economic professional and technical qualifications shall be managed in a rolling way, with a period of two years. Candidates must pass all the examination subjects in two consecutive examination years before they can obtain the corresponding economic professional and technical qualification certificate.

The economist examination adopts closed-book and computer-based examination methods. That is, get the test questions at the computer terminal, answer the questions and submit the answer results. The examination questions for intermediate economists are all objective questions, and the examination duration of each subject is 1.5 hours, and each subject can be handed in 15 minutes in advance.

For candidates who apply for both public and professional subjects at the same time, the two exams will be organized by subjects continuously. The total examination time is 3 hours, and the two subjects can hand in their papers 30 minutes in advance.