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Beijing

Provinces give civil service exams

Twenty-two provinces in China have held provincial-level civil service exams, planning to recruit about 80,000 public servants. Several provinces have cut the number of vacancies that were available last year. Fujian province, for instance, plans to recruit 2,471 civil servants this year, 1,000 fewer than last year. More than 1,000 people applied for the hottest positions.