In the last 10-20 years of the last century, the Chinese Qigong
Society awarded certificates to people who wanted to act as
Qigong masters in public after appropriate examinations. The
trigger for this was that at the time of the opening of Qigong
in China, besides real masters, quite a few charlatans made a
lot of noise in public about their person and their abilities.
That is why these examinations were introduced. The following
certificates were awarded: Assistant - Master - Grandmaster.