Man sues to obtain govt job

The mainland's first trial over discrimination against disabled job applicants in public service employment opened in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, on Wednesday, without reaching a result.

The plaintiff, Xuan Hai, who suffers from severe visual impairment, sued the provincial labor authorities for failing to provide practical assistance for him to write the national public servant exam in 2011. He was rejected from taking a provincial level civil service employment exam in March because of his poor eyesight.

The No 5 People's Court of Luyang district did not declare a verdict at the end of the hearing, which lasted more than two and a half hours on Wednesday afternoon.