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New rules covering civil service recruitment have come into force. Government positions have become increasingly popular among job hunters and the changes have been introduced to ensure the enrollment process is both fair and transparent. The rules, released by the personnel ministries of the Communist Party of China and the central government, ban employers of civil servants from setting "requirements that are unrelated to the nature of posts." In 2005, the government issued a health standard that included Hepatitis B carriers among eligible candidates for the civil service and dropped old weight and height requirements. The standard said Hepatitis B carriers were eligible to work for the government so long as the infection did not progress to the disease stage. Despite this, job hunters, including those seeking government posts, have long complained of discrimination on the grounds of sex, age, religion, race or physical disability. "Enrollment of civil servants has to follow the principles of being open, fair, competitive and selective, with dual consideration of the applicants' virtue and ability," say the rules. Since China began organizing civil servant recruitment examinations in 1994, the civil service has become one of the most popular professions with the country's job seekers because it offers a stable income, social status and excellent welfare insurance. In 2007, more than 530,000 applicants competed for 12,700 government jobs -- an average of 42 people for each job. (Xinhua News Agency & Shanghai Daily Novmeber 24, 2007) |
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