An investigation of this year's civil service examination has found employment discrimination on the basis of age and health exists for 9,762 government jobs to be filled by the test.

Anhui Province kicked off a written test for the selection of civil servants Sunday, attracting more than 100,000 candidates for 5,352 vacancies. [Photo/Xinhua]

The report, released yesterday by the Constitution Research Institute at China University of Political Science and Law, also found discrimination in six other categories including gender, ethnic identity, social identity, disability, political background, and physical characteristics.

The report said that 19.1 percent of positions require applicants to be Communist Party of China or Communist Youth League (CYL) members.

Gender discrimination was also prevalent – 15.6 percent of positions have related requirements. Social identify discrimination, mostly with regard to the applicant's residency status, affected 11.5 percent of test takers. Meanwhile, 0.4 percent of positions discriminated on the basis of applicants' physical characteristics.

The report said 92 positions at a branch of the China Civil Aviation Air Police require applicants to be less than 28 years old. But researchers said no scientific data can prove that people over 28 are unqualified for the job, so the requirement is subjective and discriminatory.

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