Can I apply for the Secretary-General's qualification certificate myself?

The registration for the qualification training of the Secretary of the Board of Directors is recommended by the company and cannot be registered by yourself.

Upload the recommendation letter of the board of directors on the designated registration website and attend the training. After passing the examination, the reference personnel will be awarded the qualification certificate, and the qualification certificate of the secretary of the board of directors will be awarded according to the attendance rate of qualification training and the comprehensive evaluation of the integrity files of listed companies.

The board of directors of listed companies and companies applying for listing will be invited to sign up for the Secretary-General Qualification Examination, and each company is limited to recommending one person to sign up for each examination (the recommenders of the two examinations are allowed to repeat). After the number of employees who have passed the qualification examination of the secretary-general of each company reaches 2, the national share transfer company will no longer accept the recommendation and registration of the company in principle. Listed companies and self-recommended personnel of companies applying for listing shall sign up for the examination according to their own conditions.

Correlation extension

The Secretary-General belongs to the executives of listed companies, and generally participates in decision-making as a company executive and assumes corresponding responsibilities. The latest provisions of the qualification examination for the secretary of the board of directors In June 2009, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange respectively issued relevant management measures to implement the qualification management and elimination system for the secretary of the board of directors and securities affairs representatives of listed companies.

These Measures shall come into force as of 201010/. The Measures for the Administration of the Qualification of the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Listed Companies promulgated by Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Measures for the Administration of the Qualification of the Secretary of the Board of Directors and the Representative of Securities Affairs of Listed Companies promulgated by Shenzhen Stock Exchange require that the secretary of the board of directors or the representative of securities affairs employed by listed companies should pass the qualification examination and obtain the qualification certificate of the secretary of the board of directors issued by the Exchange.

The secretary of the board of directors is nominated by the chairman and can be dismissed after being appointed by the board of directors. A director of a company may concurrently serve as the secretary of the company's board of directors, but a person who concurrently serves as the director and the secretary of the company's board of directors shall not serve in a dual capacity if an act needs to be performed by the director and the secretary respectively. A certified public accountant of an accounting firm hired by the company and a lawyer of a law firm shall not concurrently serve as the secretary of the board of directors of the company.