Cancel the age limit for civil service examinations

The age limit for the civil service examination is abolished as follows:

Age discrimination in employment has become the focus of public opinion from time to time. China Census Yearbook -2020 shows that 64.6% of employees in information transmission, software and information technology services are under 35 years old, and the Internet and related services account for 70.4% in sub-sectors. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in 2022, among employees aged 35 to 39, 54. 1% are worried about unemployment, 70.7% are worried about outdated skills, and 94.8% feel stressed, which is the highest proportion among all age groups.

In this regard, Lu said that 35 years old seems to be an invisible glass door, which makes some people face difficulties in job hunting, mobility, promotion and re-employment. "In particular, some enterprises think that 35 years old means a decline in work enthusiasm and work energy, and they are used to harvesting youth dividends, while ignoring the human support and resource experience reserves needed for industrial transformation and upgrading."

Lv Quanguo believes that the "35-year-old workplace threshold" will cause a vicious involution in the job market, leading to waste of manpower and talent gap; Artificially strengthening the structural employment problem of "difficult employment" and "difficult recruitment" will also lead to a series of economic and social problems such as employment anxiety and low fertility rate.

"It is suggested to strengthen anti-age discrimination employment legislation and law enforcement supervision, and age should not be used as the red line for recruitment, promotion or dismissal." Lu said that the government and employers should improve the staff training mechanism, expand the supply of educational resources for middle-aged and elderly workers, and provide more accurate job skills, re-employment training and other services; At the same time, establish smooth channels for job promotion and job transfer, so that workers of all ages have a stage to display their talents, and explore the establishment of an incentive mechanism for hiring middle-aged and elderly workers.

Civil service examination content:

1, written test

The written subjects of the civil service examination are "Administrative Professional Ability Test" and "Application". Among them, the test subjects include language ability understanding and expression, quantitative relationship, judgment and reasoning, common sense judgment and data analysis. The essay test focuses on writing, which examines the candidates' reading comprehension, judgment and analysis, language expression, problem solving and comprehensive writing ability.

2. Interview.

The interview process of civil service examination focuses on two major factors and six aspects.

The first factor is to examine the basic quality of civil servants, mainly from three aspects: (1) self-analysis ability, the requirements for students' ideals and beliefs, moral feelings and self-cultivation will.

(2) The ability of social analysis requires candidates to dialectically analyze and comprehensively grasp some social phenomena and have a correct understanding.

(3) Comprehensive analysis ability requires candidates to analyze and reason comprehensively and objectively in combination with specific situations.