Answer: Pursuant to the Implementation Measures for Continuing Education for Accounting Professionals in Shanghai (SMFB's Circular [2018] No. 8), accountants' participation in continuing education is one of the preconditions for them to take the National Accounting Professional and Technical Qualification Examination. Therefore, to sign up for the National Accounting Professional and Technical Qualification Examination, you should complete the continuing education as required in the first place. Otherwise, you will not be able to pass the automatic qualification review by the online system, so you will not be able to register for the exam.