1928
- October - The Nationalist government sets up the Examination Yuan preparatory office. The Organic Act of Examination Yuan is promulgated. Tai Chuan-hsien, Sun Ke, and Chen Ta-chi are named President, Vice President, and Secretary-General of the Examination Yuan, respectively.
- December - The Organic Act of the Ministry of Civil Service is promulgated.
1929
- March - The Political Appointee Leave Act is promulgated.
- May - The Examination Yuan headquarters are inaugurated at the Kuankung and Yueh Fei Temple in Nanking.
- August - The Examinations Act and the Organic Act of the Examination Committee are promulgated.
- October - The Civil Service Employment Act is promulgated.
- November - The Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act is promulgated.
1930
- January - The Examination Yuan and its subordinate Examination Committee and Ministry of Civil Service are formally established.
- May - The Oath Act is promulgated.
- November - The Examination Administration Act, the Examination Invigilation Act, and the Examination Reevaluation Act are promulgated.
1931
- March - The Special Examinations Act is promulgated.
- June - Liu Lu-yin is named Acting Vice President of the Examination Yuan. The Public Functionaries Discipline Act of is promulgated.
- July - The first Senior Civil Service Examinations are held in Nanking. The Praise and Commendation Act is promulgated.
1932
- July - The County Executive Appointment Act is promulgated.
- November - Niu Yung-chien takes office as Vice President of the Examination Yuan.
- December - Hsu Chung-hao is appointed Secretary-General of the Examination Yuan. Junior Civil Service Examinations are held in Shansi Province.
1933
- December - The Orders Act is promulgated.
1934
- March -The Act on Civil Service Compensation to Survivor Relief is promulgated.
- April - The Civil Service Registration Act is promulgated. The first Junior Civil Service Examinations are held in Nanking.
1935
- July - The Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act and the Examination Affairs Act are promulgated.
- November - The Act on Civil Service Performance Evaluation, Rewards, and Punishment; the Technologists Employment Act; and the Police Officers Employment Act are promulgated.
1936
- October - The Budgeting, Accounting, and Statistics Personnel Employment Act is promulgated.
1937
- December - The Examination Yuan is relocated to Chungching during the Sino-Japanese war.
1938
- October - The Temporary Act on Special Examinations during the Emergency Period is promulgated.
1939
- August - An administrative order is issued, requiring candidates in the Senior Civil Service Examinations to take preliminary and final tests as well as undergo a training program.
- October - The first Senior Civil Service Examinations during the warring period are held in Chungking and six other places; the Civil Service Work Act is promulgated.
1940
- March - A central personnel administration convention is held.
- May - The Act on the Selection and Appointment of Members of the Committee in charge of Examination Affairs is promulgated.
- July - The Act on Civil Service Employment in Warring Areas during the Emergency Period is promulgated.
- November - The Act on the Judges Pension Fund is promulgated.
1941
- January - The Attorney Regulation Act is promulgated.
- February – The Orders Act is promulgated.
- December - Li Pei-chi is named Secretary-General of the Examination Yuan, and Chia Ching-te, Minister of Civil Service.
1942
- January - Chu Chia-hua and Li Pei-chi are sworn in as Vice President and Secretary-General of the Examination Yuan, respectively. Li is assigned to another post and succeeded by Shih Shang-kuan.
- September - The Organic Act of Legal Affairs Committee of the Examination Yuan, the Personnel Management Act, the Professionals and Technologists Examination Act, and the County Personnel Examinations Act are promulgated.
1943
- February - The Civil Service Performance Evaluation Act during the Emergency Period is promulgated.
- April - The Civil Service Grade Assessment Act is promulgated.
- May - The Examinations Act for Candidates Campaigning for Provincial and County Offices are promulgated.
- June - The Act on the County Executives Selection of Qualified Candidates from the Senior Civil Service Examinations, and the Act on the Selection of Civil Service for Advanced Training and Onsite Observation are promulgated.
- September - The Pharmacists Act and Midwifery Personnel Act are promulgated.
- November - The Civil Service Survivor Relief Act and the Civil Service Retirement Act are promulgated.
1944
- March - The Embassy and Consulate Personnel Employment Act is promulgated.
- April - The Contract-based and Temporary Assigned Worker Management Act is promulgated.
- June - The Statute Governing the Retirement of School Faculty and Staff and Statute Governing the Consolation Payment to Surviving Dependents at the Death of Teachers and School Staff are promulgated.
- October - The Act on the Transfer of Military Court Personnel to Judges is promulgated.
- November - Chou Chung-yu is appointed Vice President of the Examination Yuan.
1945
- March - The Civil Service Transfer Act is promulgated.
- June - The Certified Public Accountant Act is promulgated.
1947
- March - The Health and Sanitation Business Personnel Employment Act and the Organic Act of Examination Yuan are promulgated.
- April - Tai Chuan-hsien is appointed President of the Examination Yuan.
- October - The Professional Engineers Act is promulgated.
- December - The Transportation Business Personnel Employment Act is promulgated.
1948
- January - The Examination Yuan holds the county- executives examinations for Taiwan Province in Taipei.
- May - The Nationalist government stipulates that the Organic Act of Examination Yuan revised in 1947 will take effect on the day the Examination Yuan president is appointed in accordance with the Constitution.