The difficulty varies from person to person. Senior economist is one of the titles of China. The evaluation of senior economist qualification adopts the way of combining examination with evaluation. Anyone who applies to participate in the qualification evaluation of senior economist must pass the business examination of senior economist qualification organized by the whole province.

Senior economist should separate qualification evaluation from post appointment. With a doctorate, or intermediate qualification, engaged in professional and technical work for 3 years, in line with the deputy senior or part of the deputy senior qualifications, according to the prescribed procedures to apply for evaluation of the deputy senior or part of the deputy senior.

Those who take the senior economist examination and meet the qualification standards will be issued a certificate of economic theory and practice examination by the Beijing Personnel Testing Center, valid for three years. After the merger of the qualification evaluation of senior economists, the professional course examination of senior economists who do not have the required academic qualifications will no longer be organized separately.