China sees decline in qualified applicants for civil service
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Xinhua, October 25, 2011
The number of qualified applicants for China's annual national public servant exam has declined for two consecutive years, according to official statistics.
On Monday, the final day to qualify for this year's exam, a total of 1.23 million people had qualified to take the exam, said a statement from the State Administration of Civil Service on Tuesday.
It is estimated that after the conclusion of the qualification procedure, 1.33 million will be qualified for this year's exam.
Last year, China had 1.41 million qualified applicants, 30,000 less than the number in the previous year.
A major reason for this drop is that the vacancies have set more scientific requirements for candidates, and the candidates have to be more specific in applying, said the statement.
Moreover, China has made grassroots work experience a requirement for civil service hopefuls eyeing central- and provincial-level posts this year. That means most of these posts will no longer be open to new college graduates.
According to the administration's statement, the number of this year's qualified applicants for central- and provincial-level posts declined by 19 percent from last year.
Many college students don't have the strong will to be a civil servant; they just take a chance on the exam, said Wang Huashen, an employment instructor of Beijing Jiaotong University.
While a great number of college graduates flock to big cities for jobs, this year's civil service policy encourages fresh graduates to go grassroots by urging government organs at or below the county level to recruit more recent graduates.
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