Candidates who are about to take the civil service examination crowd the entrance of the test site in Yantai city in east China's Shandong Province, on March 15, 2009. The province will hire 8,600 civil servants from 390,000 candidates this year, the ratio being about one chosen for every 45 candidates. [Xinhua]

A village cadre writes the civil servant exam in Dongying city in east China's Shandong Province, on March 15, 2009. The province will hire 8,600 civil servants from 390,000 candidates this year, the ratio being about one chosen for every 45 candidates.  [Xinhua]