The civil service examination is divided into national examination and provincial examination. The national examination is a unified national examination, and the examination time is generally arranged at the end of June or the beginning of February each year. Provincial examination is a civil service examination organized by each province, and the examination time is uncertain. The examination time in most provinces is scheduled for April.
The provincial examination is held once a year in each province, twice in a few provinces, some in the first half of the year and some in the second half. Most of them restrict household registration, and some do not.