Candidates swarm into a test site for the 2013 national civil servant examination in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, Nov 25, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

Applicants look for their seats to take the 2013 national civil servant examination at a college in Shijiangzhuang city, North China's Hebei province, Nov 25, 2012. More than 1.5 million people compete for 20,000 vacancies this year. [Photo/Xinhua]