Public servant recuiting examination
(newsphoto/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-04 16:15

Applicants to take the public servant examination form a long line to have their identifications certified in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province November 4, 2005. This year, 97 central state and government departments plan to recruit 8,662 public servants, but the number of applicants across the country is about 1 million, with about 500,000 applicants passing the qualification check. In the end, only one out of every 50 could succeed in the examination. [Xinhua]