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As of 16:00 on October 18, 716058 people have submitted applications, an increase of nearly 80,000 over the same period last year, and 4,335 people have signed up for the most popular positions, and only one person has been recruited.
In this year's national examination, topics such as "the age of master's and doctoral graduates is relaxed to 40 years old" and "there is no ability to apply for the position" have attracted a lot of attention. In fact, the relaxation of the age of master's and doctoral graduates in the national examination began in 2011 and has been implemented for many years. Some experts believe that relaxing the age limit is conducive to alleviating the anxiety of "involution", and it is also a boon for older workers.
Regarding the discussion of "there is no position that can be applied for", public examination experts said that the national examination position is more biased towards economics, finance, computer, finance and other majors, and it is recommended that people who do not have suitable positions should aim for the provincial examination and the examination of public institutions.
National Examination Registration "Ice and Fire"
Some job conditions are less restricted
A total of 39,721 people will be recruited for the 2025 national examination, an increase of 160 over last year and a new record high. Among the positions, 27,500 are planned to be supplemented to directly affiliated institutions at the county (district) level and below, and 26,700 are planned to recruit fresh college graduates.
According to the data, as of 16:00 on October 18, 716058 people in the special system for the recruitment of civil servants by the central organs and their directly affiliated agencies in 2025 submitted applications, an increase of nearly 80,000 over the same period last year, of which 448509 people passed the qualification examination of the employer, and the average competition ratio was 18:1.
The Red Star News reporter noticed that the Liaison Department of the China Vocational Education Society only recruited 1 person, and 4,335 people have already signed up. However, there are still 955 positions that no one has applied for, accounting for 4.6% of the total number of positions, and the phenomenon of "ice and fire" in the national examination registration still exists, and the unregistered positions are concentrated in the Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, the Customs, the Maritime Safety Administration and other departments.
The Liaison Department of the China Vocational Education Society, which does not seem to have anything special, has become the "dark horse" of this national examination, which has caused a lot of discussions.
▲Details of the position of the Liaison Department of China Vocational Education Society
The recruitment requirements show that the professional requirements for this position are very broad, including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, and management. In terms of other requirements, there is a minimum bachelor's degree, no restrictions on grassroots work, political outlook, and no household registration restrictions, which also expands the recruitment radius.
Many people mentioned in the relevant discussions that they are not optimistic that they can stand out in the competition of more than 4,000 people, but hope to take the written test through this only qualified position and accumulate relevant experience.
There is no suitable position for you in the national examination?
Experts recommend preparing for the provincial exam as early as possible
After the registration for this year's national examination began, "there are no positions that can be reported" sparked discussions on multiple social platforms. Many people sent messages saying that they had been preparing for the national examination for a long time, but when they registered, they found that there was no suitable position for them, and the reasons for the restrictions included non-fresh graduates, professional restrictions, grassroots experience restrictions, etc.
The Red Star News reporter interviewed a number of posting netizens, and some said that they wanted to apply for the post in Weihai, Shandong Province but found that they basically had to be fresh graduates; There are also people who say that they do not have a target city, but as a non-fresh English candidate, they do not see a suitable position; There are also people who say that they quit their jobs and went to graduate school to obtain the status of fresh graduates, but found that they did not have a suitable position for their graduate major.
Li Qian, an expert in the public examination of public education, told reporters that there is no significant change in the position setting of this year's national examination compared with previous years, and the topic of "no position that can be applied for" has aroused heated discussions, mainly because of the high popularity of the national examination.
Li Qian also mentioned that there are clear requirements for the scope of majors in recruitment every year, and the "main force" of the national examination is mainly concentrated in the departments with public management functions or administrative law enforcement functions such as taxation, railway public security, customs, entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus, statistical bureaus, and financial regulatory departments, and has always been biased towards talents with professional backgrounds in economics, finance, computer, and finance. For people outside of these professions, it is indeed difficult to find suitable positions.
According to the recruitment data of the 2025 national examination, the tax system plans to recruit 23,014 people this year, accounting for about 57.9% of the total number of recruits.
In addition to the tax system, the recruitment of railway public security, customs and other law enforcement agencies is also considerable, especially the financial regulatory departments, this year's "expansion" efforts are larger, recruiting 2,440 people, compared with last year, the number of recruits increased by 780 people, an increase of 47%.
"There are still many people who don't understand the requirements of the national examination, their understanding of the major is too narrow, and the major of their smallest unit is indeed not suitable for the position, but the major category to which the major belongs can be registered. For example, in intelligent manufacturing, there are almost no suitable positions in direct search, but this major belongs to mechanical majors, and there are many suitable positions. Li Qian suggested that there are no candidates who are suitable for the position, and the goal should be set in the next provincial examination and public institution examination, and many suitable positions can be found.
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The age of master's and doctoral graduates is relaxed to 40 years old
Experts say it helps alleviate "involution" anxiety
According to the application conditions for the 2025 national examination, the age is generally over 18 years old and under 35 years old (born between October 1988 and October 2006), and for 2025 fresh master's and doctoral students, it is relaxed to under 40 years old (born after October 1983). "The age of the national examination is relaxed to 40 years old" has attracted a lot of media attention.
The reporter searched the requirements of the national examination in previous years and found that the policy of "relaxing the relaxation of fresh master's and doctoral students to under the age of 40" has been implemented for many years. In the "Announcement on the Recruitment of Civil Servants by the 2011 Examination of the Central Organs and Their Directly Affiliated Agencies", for the first time, the relevant expression "the age of fresh graduates of master's and doctoral students (non-working) can be relaxed to under 40 years old". Since then, this requirement has been implemented in the annual national examination for more than ten years.
In addition to the national examination, the provincial examination is also relaxing the age limit. Starting from 2023, most provinces have clearly relaxed the age limit for master's and doctoral graduates to 40 years old, and Xinjiang has even relaxed the age of master's and doctoral students for positions in county (city, district) and below institutions to 45 years old. In some provinces, the age limit for applying for village organizations or "township posts in hardship and remote areas" has been relaxed to 40 years old.
Yao Junchang, a senior partner of Beijing Weiheng Law Firm and director of the Weiheng Labor Law Professional Committee, told the Red Star News reporter that although the age limit will not be written in the current enterprise recruitment, the actual discrimination in the recruitment is widespread, and during the performance of the labor contract, the company will find a reason to terminate the labor relationship with employees over 35 years old. The relaxation of the age to 40 years old for public examination recruitment is a boon for "older workers" and increases their employment channels.
Zhang Zhihong, an associate professor at the Zhou Enlai School of Government and Management of Nankai University, once said in an interview with a reporter from Red Star News that this news that this news is not new can once again attract everyone's attention, representing an expectation for the full liberalization of the 35-year-old age limit.
"I think that the elimination of the age limit is conducive to eliminating the anxiety of excessive involution of young people from the system, and giving everyone more time to freely regulate the pace of life." Zhang Zhihong believes that on the other hand, when people with more social practice experience re-enter the public sector, their goals will be more accurate and they will be more aware of why they choose this job.
"With the development of the domestic market and the optimization of self-organization, a large number of enterprises and social organizations have also cultivated a lot of outstanding comprehensive talents, if we can achieve a leap between enterprises and government departments, it is very conducive to mutual learning between organizations." Zhang Zhihong said.
(Source: Red Star News)