1980, at the first national conference on the popularization of mathematics held in Dalian, it was decided to take the mathematics competition as a regular work of the Chinese Mathematical Society and the mathematical societies of all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and hold the "National Senior High School Mathematics Joint Competition" 10 on the first Sunday in mid-June every year. The national high school mathematics competition is a higher-level mathematics competition in China, and its status is much higher than that held by the provinces themselves. About 200 students from all over the country who have achieved excellent results in this competition are eligible to participate in the "China Mathematical Olympics (CMO)" sponsored by the Chinese Mathematical Society. Winners can automatically get the qualification of walking in key universities or extra points in the college entrance examination. Students who rank top in the first prize of each provincial division can participate in the China Mathematical Olympics and get the opportunity to enter the national training team.

In order to promote the growth of top-notch talents as soon as possible, the Ministry of Education stipulates that those who win the first prize of the National Mathematics League in high school are eligible to walk to key universities, and those who do not walk will get extra points in the college entrance examination. The extra points will depend on the policies of various provinces and cities. Some provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have retained the extra points for the winners of the college entrance examination ranging from 5 to 20 points, and some provincial administrative regions have cancelled the extra points for the competition. For the winners of the second prize and the third prize, various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have introduced different policies, including preferential admission policies such as independent enrollment qualifications. For strict standards, chinese mathematical society limits the number of first prizes to about 1 000 per year, which is divided into provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. All provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions submit their own papers while reporting the list of candidates for the first prize. Finally, chinese mathematical society will determine the winners after reviewing their papers.

In other words, the top students in the league can participate in the Olympic Games.