Hainan university associate researcher level 7 treatment is deputy division level. According to the investigation related public materials, according to the provisions of "Evaluation System of Professional Title Management in People's Republic of China (PRC) and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security", professional title is a kind of performance of technical personnel's working ability, which is evaluated by professional title evaluation committee. Researcher is a series of titles in natural science research or social science research, which belongs to senior titles. The title series of researcher includes research intern, assistant researcher, associate researcher and researcher.