Pursuant to the Implementation Measures for Continuing Education for Accounting Professionals in Shanghai (SMFB's Circular [2018] No 8), a continuing education degree is one of the preconditions for taking the National Accounting Professional and Technical Qualification Examination. If you do not have a degree, then you will not be able to pass the automatic qualification review of the online registration system and cannot take the National Accounting Professional and Technical Qualification Examination.