BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua)
-- There were 7.089 million civil servants
in China by the end of 2012,
the State Administration of Civil
Service revealed Thursday.
The
number was up from 7.021 million by
the end of 2011, according to a
statement posted on the
administration's official
website.
China had 6.597 million
civil servants in 2008, 6.789 million in 2009
and 6.894 million in 2010, according to
the administration, which is affiliated
to the country's Ministry of
Human Resources and Social
Security.
The ministry reported
that 188,000 people were recruited as
civil servants in 2012, with 18,000 working
in central government organs and 170,000
in local regions.
About 1.12
million candidates took the national
civil servant exam on Nov. 25, 2012,
marking a year-on-year increase of 150,000,
it said.
One in every 53
examinees will successfully obtain a
government post, according to the
administration.
