召见制度是清代颇具特色且非常重要的政治制度。

顺康时期是召见制度的先声，尤其是康熙年间，督抚提镇等地方大员陛见召对或陛辞训谕已经成为惯例。雍正帝召见官员的频率大大增加，召见官员的范围也扩大许多。乾隆前期，随着道府请训制及藩臬提镇三年任满陛见制的确立，清代召见制度基本形成定制。嘉庆时期，清廷对召见制度进行微调，道光年间则显著扩大了召见资格范围。同光年间皇太后听政时，召见不再是君主与官员之间的独对，而是需要御前王大臣带见。宣统年间，摄政王代皇帝召见官员，其体制相比皇帝召见仪制，差距甚大。虽然同治以后召见制度产生了重大变化，但它仍然一直持续运行至清朝灭亡。

依据召见事由的不同，可将召见分为陛见召见、陛辞请训召见、复命召见、谢恩召见、假满召见、值日召见等多种类型。每一种类型，都有其特定的发生场景，也有其特殊的功用。召见有一定的惯例程序，被召见的官员们口耳相传，遵循既定成例，完成召见过程。召见的场所以皇帝的驻跸地点为中心，在宫内、西苑、圆明园、颐和园都有一定的固定场所。官员请求召见时，视情况的不同，分别呈递请安折、谢恩折、请训折、复命折等折件，并呈递膳牌（或者只呈递膳牌），听候宣召。清代历朝皇帝都很重视保密之事，采取了不少措施来确保召见过程的保密。

皇帝召见是清代官员铨选考核中的重要一环。皇帝亲自召见官员，问询质难，以见其人之才能品格，作为用人参考，确保乾纲独断。清代皇帝在召见官员之时，以请安折等上奏文书为载体，根据面见时官员的体貌情态、言语论说，参考官员履历、为官治绩等，经过综合考虑得出对官员的简要评价，称为朱批记载。朱批记载对官员仕途有着重要的影响，因奏对称旨而迁擢者屡见不鲜。朱批记载一般由太监专人保管整理，严格保密，连军机大臣等近臣对朱批记载内容亦不得而知。需要之时，皇帝便调出该官员的朱批记载，予以验证参考。不仅如此，皇帝在召见官员时根据官员的奏对表现，还往往即时作出黜陟决定，完成对官员的甄别考察，尤其注重淘汰年老体衰或罹患严重疾病的中高级官员。

       清代皇帝每日召见内外臣工，是勤政的重要表现，在构建、维护清朝统治合法性方面起到了重要作用。不仅如此，召见制度还是清朝皇帝直接处理朝政的重要机制。可以说召见制与奏折制是清代皇权施行的两大抓手。光绪末年，清廷开始实行新政，进而预备立宪。宣统二年底，清廷决定仿行责任内阁制，在制订内阁官制时，加强内阁总理大臣责任，限制召见官员资格、缩小奏事范围是这一制度的应有之义。不过，摄政王与众大臣们考虑到政治现状，拟订了暂行章程基本维持原状。但是，暂行章程毕竟只是临时政策，随着完全内阁制的施行，召见制度、奏折制度必将产生重大变化，这甚至会触动皇权的根本。由此可见，召见制度在维护清代皇权方面的巨大作用。

Zhaojian system was a very important and characteristic political system in the Qing Dynasty.

    The Shunzhi and Kanxi period was the forerunner of the Zhaojian system, especially in the Kangxi period, it had become a common practice for senior local officials to be summoned. The frequency of summoning officials by Emperor Yongzheng increased greatly, and the scope of summoning officials also expanded a lot. Zhaojian system basically formed in the early Qianlong period.During the Jiaqing period, the Qing government made fine adjustments to Zhaojian system, while during the Daoguang period, the scope of qualification for summoning was significantly expanded. During the reign of Empress Dowager in Tongzhi and Guangxu period, summoning was no longer the only match between the monarch and officials, but needed to be brought by the minister. In the  Xuantong period, the Regent summoned officials on behalf of the emperor, whose system was quite different from that of the emperor's summoning system. Zhaojian system continued to run until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

According to the different reasons of the summoning, Zhanjian can be divided into several types, i.e.Bijian zhaojian,Qingxun zhaojian,Fuming zhaojian,and so on. Each type had its own specific occurrence scene and special function. There were certain routine procedures for the summoning. The summoned officials passed it on from ear to ear, following the established routine and completing the summoning process. The summoned place was the center of the emperor's residence. There were fixed places in the palace, the west garden, the Yuanmingyuan and the summer palace. When an official requested for a call, he should, depending on the circumstances, present a memorial or a Shanpai for the call. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the secrecy and took many measures to ensure the secrecy of the summoning process.

The emperor's summoning was an important part of the evaluation of the official selection in the Qing Dynasty. The emperor summoned officials in person and questioned them to see their talent and character, as a reference for employing people. The emperor made an assessment of the officials from their appearance and speech when they were summoned or introduced. The judgement that wrote by the emperor on the Qingan memorials ,was called ZupiJizai. It was very important for officials that ZupiJizai could determine the future of them. ZupiJizai were generally kept strictly confidential by eunuchs. When needed, the emperor called out ZupiJizai for verification and reference. Not only that, according to the performance of the officials, the emperor often made the decision of dismissing them in time, especially focusing on the elimination of the senior and middle-aged officials who were aging or suffering from severe illness.

It was an important manifestation of diligence that the emperor of Qing Dynasty summoned internal and external officials every day, which played an important role in the construction and maintenance of the legitimacy of the rule of Qing Dynasty. Moreover, Zhaojian system was also an important mechanism for the Qing emperor to deal with the government affairs　directly.Zhaojian system and memorial system were the core elements to safeguard the imperial autocracy in the Qing Dynasty. The Qing government decided to imitate the system of responsible cabinet in 1910.In order to strengthen the responsibility of the Prime Minister ,it must restrict the qualifications of summoned officials and narrow the scope of Memorial using. But the Prince Regent took into account the specific circumstances, made　provisional charter basically　to maintain　the status quo. However,the provisional charter was temporary. With the implementation of the Official System of the Cabinet, significant changes will occurred, which would undermine the basis of imperial power.