Ministry Drafts Skilled Talent Evaluation Rules for Public Review

China News Service reported that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security drafted proposed regulations on skilled talent evaluation to reform the evaluation system and build its legal framework, publishing the draft to seek public opinion. The proposed regulations would apply to skilled talent evaluation activities within the People's Republic of China, covering people who possess professional knowledge and practical operational skills in production or services. Under the proposed framework, enterprises, public institutions, and social organizations conducting occupational skill level assessments would be required to file records with provincial-level or higher human resources and social security authorities within 10 days of starting evaluation activities. The draft proposes encouraging enterprises to use vocational skill levels as an important basis for compensation distribution, implementing distribution mechanisms that link position salaries directly to vocational skill levels. The deadline for the public to submit feedback and opinions on the draft regulations is December 12, 2026.

For candidates who obtain assessment scores or certificates through fraud, cheating, or other improper means, skilled talent evaluation organizations would invalidate those results or certificates and announce the invalidations publicly.