Govt jobs still look attractive

But candidates show no interest in certain positions, with more than 800 left vacant

The number of candidates for the 2016 national civil service exam has surpassed last year's numbers, with more than 132,000 applicants on Tuesday - the most in a single day - deemed qualified for the exam.

According to figures from Zhonggong Education, an institute that monitors the applicant numbers, more than 459,600 people applied to take the exam by the sixth day of this year's application window on Tuesday. Almost 103,000 of those had applied on Monday.