{"id":139415,"date":"2025-10-30T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=139415"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:00:10","slug":"chinas-civil-service-exam-sees-record-breaking-applicant-pool-after-age-range-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=139415","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s civil service exam sees record-breaking applicant pool after age range expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAbout 3.7 million candidates have been approved to take China\u2019s coming national public service exam, according to official figures \u2013 a record-breaking applicant pool, and the first since Beijing expanded the age limit for entry into the country&#8217;s civil sector, where jobs are known as \u201ciron rice bowls\u201d for their comparatively high level of security.<br \/>\nWith 38,100 vacancies available at central government agencies and their affiliated institutions nationwide, the competition is fierce, translating&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3330898\/record-37-million-approved-chinas-civil-service-exam-race-iron-rice-bowl?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAbout 3.7 million candidates have been approved to take China\u2019s coming national public service exam, according to official figures \u2013 a record-breaking applicant pool,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}