2022 Intermediate Economist Examination Outline: Basic Economic Knowledge

#Economist Examination# Introduction I released the "Economic Professional and Technical Qualification Examination Economic Basic Knowledge (Intermediate) Examination Outline" based on the China Personnel Examination Network. I believe many candidates would like to know about it. The details are as follows for your reference:

Test purpose

To test whether candidates understand and master the theoretical system, spiritual essence, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping’s economic thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and whether they understand and master the basics of economics , finance, currency and finance, statistics, accounting, law and other related principles, methods, techniques, norms (regulations), etc., and whether they have the basic knowledge and ability to engage in economic professional work.

Exam content and requirements

Part 1: Basics of Economics

1. Basic socialist economic system. Understand the connotation of the basic socialist economic system, the basic connotation of socialist ownership, the connotation of the socialist distribution system, and the connotation of the socialist market economy.

2. Market demand, supply and equilibrium price. Understand market demand, market supply and equilibrium price, use the equilibrium price model to analyze the relationship between market demand, market supply and market price, and master the basis of market price formation.

3. Production and cost theory. Understand the production function and cost function, master the organizational form of producers and relevant theories on enterprise formation, and identify the basic form of the cost function and the basic shapes and characteristics of various curves of the short-term cost function.

4. Market structure theory. Understand the classification and basis of market structure, master the theory of market structure and producer decision-making, and identify different types of market structures and their producer behaviors.

5. Production factor market theory. Understand the principles for producers to use production factors, master the basic content of production factor market theory, and understand the labor supply curve and the equilibrium wage determination method.

6. Market failure and government intervention. Understand the standards and Pareto state of resource allocation, master the basic theory of market failure theory and government intervention in microeconomic activities, explain the relationship between market monopoly, public products, externalities, information asymmetry and resource allocation efficiency, and identify Methods and measures for government intervention in the market.

7. National income accounting and simple macroeconomic models. Understand GDP and national income, identify national income accounting methods, master basic macroeconomic theories such as consumption, savings, investment, aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and understand the relationship between consumption, savings, investment and national income.

8. Economic growth and economic development theory. Understand the basic principles of economic growth and economic development, understand the influencing factors of economic growth, grasp the characteristics of my country's new economic development stage, new development concepts, and new development patterns, and grasp the connotation and characteristics of my country's high-quality development.

9. Overall price level and employment and unemployment. Master the meaning and related indicators of the general price level, employment and unemployment, understand the relationship between employment, unemployment, economic growth and the general price level, and master the connotation and new characteristics of macroeconomic governance.

10. International trade theory and policy. Master the basic theories of international trade, identify the main factors affecting international trade, identify the government's regulation and intervention methods on import and export trade, and grasp the connotation and characteristics of building a new system of higher-level opening up to the outside world.

Part 2 Finance

11. Public goods and financial functions. Master public goods and financial functions, and understand the scope of market and government economic activities.

12. Financial expenditure. Master the types of fiscal expenditures and indicators for measuring the scale of fiscal expenditures, master the theoretical explanations and influencing factors of the growth of fiscal expenditures, master the characteristics and analysis methods of fiscal expenditure benefit analysis, master the specific content of purchase expenditures, and master the specific content of transfer expenditures. , understand the similarities and differences between purchase expenditures and transfer expenditures.

13. Fiscal revenue. Understand fiscal revenue, fiscal concentration and macro tax burden, master the basic characteristics and functions of taxation, master the methods and principles of tax burden transfer, understand the types and policy functions of national debt, and understand the content of our country's government debt management system.

14. Tax system. Master the various elements and tax classifications of the tax system as well as my country's current tax legal system, master the basic characteristics of value-added tax, consumption tax, income tax, and property tax, and master the basic contents of value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duties, corporate income tax, personal income tax, deed tax, and vehicle and vessel tax, Understand the goal orientation and main content of deepening the tax collection and administration reform.

15. Government budget. Understand the government budget, identify the government budget management powers of different agencies in our country, master the main contents of our country's government budget preparation system and execution system, and master the basic principles and main contents of deepening the reform of the budget management system.

16. Financial management system. Master the contents of the fiscal management system, the contents of the tax-sharing fiscal system reform, the fiscal transfer payment system, and understand the contents of the establishment of a modern fiscal system and the reform of the division of fiscal powers and expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments.

17. Fiscal policy. Understand and master the basic contents of the functions and objectives of fiscal policy, the tools and types of fiscal policy, and the multipliers and time lags of fiscal policy.

Part 3 Currency and Finance

18. Currency supply and demand and monetary equilibrium. Understand currency demand, currency demand, social financing scale, inflation, digital currency, and master the basic principles of currency supply and demand theory and currency equilibrium principles, currency demand theory, money supply mechanism, and currency equilibrium.

19. Central bank and monetary policy. Understand the financial services, monetary policy, monetary policy objectives, monetary policy tools and monetary policy transmission mechanism under the central bank system, master the characteristics, main business and central bank independence of the central bank's business operations, and analyze the matching of monetary policy objectives and monetary policy tools The effect of use, understand the role of my country's central bank in macroeconomic regulation, master the tools, goals and mechanisms of unconventional monetary policy and structural monetary policy, understand the background and measures proposed by financial services for the real economy, and the reform of my country's loan benchmark interest rate .

20. Commercial banks and financial markets. Understand the role of financial markets and deposit insurance systems, master the operation and management characteristics of commercial banks, and analyze the behavior of financial market entities and the interaction between various sub-markets in the financial market.

21. Financial risks and financial supervision. Understand financial risks, financial crises, and financial supervision, master the theory of financial supervision, the main contents of the financial supervision system and the international financial supervision coordination mechanism, and master the definition and supervision of shadow banking, local financial organizations, and financial holding companies.

22. Foreign financial relations and policies. Understand the exchange rate system and international reserves, identify external financial relations and policies, master the determination and changes of exchange rates, international reserves and their management, the main characteristics of the international monetary system, and cross-border RMB business, and master the definitions of countercyclical factors and foreign exchange risk reserves, Mechanism of action. Understanding Free Trade Zone Financial Accounts.

Part 4 Statistics

23. Statistics and statistical data. Understand statistics, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, variables and data, identify types of data and variables, master the basic principles of statistics, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, identify the sources of statistical data and various statistical investigation methods, and understand statistical quality evaluation Standards, understand data science and big data, and identify common algorithms for data mining.

24. Descriptive statistics. Understand the measurement of data characteristics, master the calculation methods of measurement indicators of central tendency, measurement index of discrete trend, measurement index of distribution shape and measurement index of correlation between variables, and identify commonly used measurement data.

25. Sampling survey. Understand probability sampling and non-probability sampling, identify the general steps and error sources of sample surveys, master the basic principles and applicable occasions of commonly used basic probability sampling methods, understand the nature of estimators, and master the variance of mean estimators under simple random sampling without replacement Estimation methods and sample size calculation methods, and identify factors affecting sample size in probability sampling.

26. Regression analysis. Understand regression models, regression equations, and regression coefficients, master the principles and estimation methods of the least squares method, conduct regression coefficient analysis based on the estimated regression equation, and master the determination coefficient and regression model testing.

27. Time series analysis. Identify the classification and decomposition of time series, understand the level analysis and speed analysis of time series, understand the time series prediction program, and master the smoothing prediction method of stationary time series.

Part 5 Accounting

28. Introduction to accounting. Understand the objectives of accounting, master the basic principles of accounting elements and their recognition and measurement, the basic premise of accounting, the content of accounting information quality requirements, and understand the content of accounting regulations.

29. Accounting cycle. Understand the main content and confirmation standards of accounting confirmation, master the accounting record method, the principle of double-entry accounting, the accounting rules of debit and credit accounting, identify the main types of accounting processing procedures and types of accounting measurement attributes, and master the principles of the accounting cycle The main links distinguish the main accounting work in each link of the accounting cycle.

30. Accounting statements. Understand the requirements for the preparation of accounting statements, master the contents and preparation methods of the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, and identify methods for filling in different accounting items in accordance with the requirements for the preparation of accounting statements.

31. Accounting statement analysis. Understand the content of accounting statement analysis, master the basic methods of accounting statement analysis, and identify the calculation methods of the main indicators that reflect solvency, operating capabilities and profitability in accounting statement analysis.

32. Government accounting. Understand the concept of government accounting, master the elements of government financial accounting and government budget accounting, and identify the concepts of government final accounts reports and government financial reports.

Part Six Law

33. Legal adjustment of economic relations. Understand the basic principles of legal adjustment mechanisms, master the ways in which our country's laws adjust economic relations, and identify the main types of laws that adjust the economy.

34. Property legal system. Understand the basic content of the property rights legal system, and master the acquisition methods and applicable rules of ownership, security rights, usufruct rights, and construction land use rights.

35. Contract legal system. Understand contracts, offers, and master the applicable conditions for the establishment, performance and termination, guarantee and preservation, transfer and change of contracts.

36. Corporate legal system. Master the concepts of company and company law, understand the characteristics and classification of companies, master the conditions and procedures for company establishment, master the content of company organization structure and shareholder rights, master the qualifications and obligations of directors, supervisors and senior managers, and identify company mergers , separation, dissolution and liquidation.

37. Other legal systems. Master the basic principles and main contents of the patent legal system, trademark legal system, labor contract legal system, consumer rights protection legal system, anti-monopoly legal system, anti-unfair competition legal system, and product quality legal system.