Government jobs are still considered plum posts for university graduates and other jobseekers, if the latest official figures are anything to go by.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ 4
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According to figures published on the Ministry of Personnel's website Wednesday, regarding the 2008 national civil servant recruitment examination, an average of 60 people applied for each advertised post.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Zx@9.+;+Tfj,fd?$$OFroG]

More than 3,500 applied for the most popular position: A job with the Ministry of Agriculture. The deadline for the receipt of applications passed at the weekend.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ '%/|Q=t5-+==.=D'6FroG]

Although the ministry did not provide a figure for the total number of applications received, a statement on the website said: "More than 800,000 applicants passed the first evaluation and will attend a nationwide examination on December 9."[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ FZf%|0%0mr[n"7}UFroG]

Last year, more than 530,000 people applied for 12,700 jobs, an average of 42 per position.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ (A"a[&+{)=}wQOFroG]

The fiercest competition this year is for jobs with the Communist Party of China's central bodies, with 162 people competing for each post.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ l~EbWh^6=1MC` !YFroG]

Positions at weather bureaux are the least popular. Forty-nine advertised posts with local weather bureaux in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Yunnan, among others, failed to attract a single application.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ k P07P1^]=v]koFroG]

The civil service has become one of the most popular options because it is thought to offer a stable income, social status and good welfare benefits.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ Ch3Y(l%# .N|1*ZOZFroG]

The written examination includes two sessions: The administrative aptitude test in the morning and the essay test in the afternoon, before a more competitive interview at the beginning of next year.[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ [ +0_g5pI6:%zP(GFroG]