Nearly 1 mln sit national civil servant exam
National civil servant exam is an annual exam that includes an aptitude test and a written policy essay, and those who pass the written exam will make it to the interview round.
The popularity of the exam has been attributed to mounting pressures in finding employment, fairness of the test, and the attractiveness of civil servant jobs, which are stable and respected.
As many as 990,000 candidates took the National Public Servant Exam in 2013, a decrease of 130,000 from 2012, according to the State Administration of Civil Service.
China plans to recruit over 22,000 national-level civil servants in 2015, up from the 19,000-plus in 2014.