1.44 m vie for 24,000 civil service vacancies in China
Xinhua | Updated: 2019-10-28 16:01
BEIJING -- China's State Administration of Civil Service has confirmed the receipt of nearly 1.44 million qualified applications for a total of around 24,000 civil servant vacancies with central authorities and their branches.
That means one in 60 qualified applicants can become a civil servant, according to the figures unveiled by the administration after all the applicants' qualifications were reviewed by the organizations that offered the positions.
Qualified applicants are expected to sit a national written exam set for Nov 24 in major cities across the country.
In 2019, there were a total of nearly 1.38 million qualified applications for around 14,500 civil servant vacancies.
