Stable job, good benefits
While the rich entrepreneurs get lots of press, the competition for government jobs in China is fierce. What is so attractive about becoming a bureaucrat? And how is this system similar to or different from the old Confucian civil service exam system?China's civil servants exam attracts 1.3 mln applicants
More than 1.3 million people have been accepted to sit China's 2011 national service examination to select government officials after online registration closed…
They included 327,000 applicants competing for posts in central government and provincial-level organizations, said a statement on the website of the State Administration of Civil Service (SACS)…
Another 794,000 were for vacancies at institutions of county-level or below, with 57.2 percent of them new college graduates…
The annual nationwide test, sat by 927,000 people last year, continues to be seen as a route to a stable job and enviable benefits in China, where every year 6 million college graduates join the labor force.
The central government plans to recruit more than 16,000 public servants next year, 1,000 more than in 2010…
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:11 AM
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The competition is very high for any job such that government jobs have their own benefits and that is why they are in competition.
While the rich entrepreneurs get lots of press, the competition for government jobs in China is fierce. What is so attractive about becoming a bureaucrat? And how is this system similar to or different from the old Confucian civil service exam system?
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