Department level. Han Gang, president of Harbin Branch, is generally promoted from the bank lobby manager, bank account manager, financial supervisor or bank accounting supervisor. According to the new standards and measures issued by the CBRC, branch presidents, as senior executives, need the approval of the CBRC. Provincial regulatory agencies may hold unified qualification examinations for directors and senior managers of financial institutions within their respective jurisdictions. The president of a branch belongs to the official department level, which generally refers to the official position at the bureau level, and is a civil servant level in China. According to the Civil Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), bureau-level posts are administrative level five, and bureau-level and above posts are senior leading cadres.