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What Makes China’s Legal Exam the Toughest in the Nation?

With a record number of people taking the Chinese bar exam this year, attention has turned once again to the country’s toughest exam—and to how it has evolved from selecting imperial officials to fostering public legal awareness today

    author Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)
Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)
November 6, 2025
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This March, Liu Zheng, a security guard at Peking University, achieved a dream that once seemed impossible. After a decade of auditing law courses during the day and patrolling the campus at night, the 33-year-old finally became a practicing lawyer in Beijing.

 
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