Tough job market, wider age thresholds create China's largest candidate cohort for public sector positions, treasured for their stability.

About 3.7 million candidates have been approved to take China’s coming national public service exam, according to official figures – a record-breaking applicant pool, and the first since Beijing expanded the age limit for entry into the country’s civil sector, where jobs are known as “iron rice bowls” for their comparatively high level of security. With 38,100 vacancies available at central government agencies and their affiliated institutions nationwide, the competition is fierce, translating…

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