China Primary Pharmacist Examination is a major of National Health Vocational and Technical Qualification Examination. According to the technical qualification examination method of health specialty, the examination system of primary pharmacists in China is unified in organization, time, outline, proposition and qualification standard.
The primary Chinese medicine examination questions are objective questions, which are graded uniformly by the computer, and applications for performance appraisal are not accepted. The four subjects have the same questions, which are composed of A 1 question, single sentence best multiple-choice question, A2 question, case summary best multiple-choice question, A3 question, case group best multiple-choice question, A4 question and case string best multiple-choice question, B 1 question (standard compatible question) and X question (multiple-choice question).
The examination results of primary Chinese medicine doctors are managed in a rolling way, with a period of two years. Those who have passed four primary Chinese medicine examinations for two consecutive years can obtain the primary Chinese medicine vocational qualification certificate.