“Born in 2006, becomes a Grade 5 civil servant” ... Oldest successful candidate is 41

[Financial News]  This year’s Grade 5 open competitive national civil service recruitment exam produced a youngest successful candidate aged 20 and an oldest aged 41. Both the youngest and oldest successful candidates came from the science and technology track. The average age of successful candidates was 27.8.
On the 29th, the Ministry of Personnel Management announced 400 final successful candidates in the Grade 5 national civil service recruitment exam and the selection exam for candidates for the diplomatic service. Of these, 360 passed the Grade 5 exam, including 259 in the administrative track and 101 in the science and technology track, while 40 were selected as diplomatic service candidates.
The youngest successful candidate in the Grade 5 exam was born in 2006 and came from the science and technology track. The oldest successful candidates were born in 1985; two also came from the science and technology track. There is a 21-year gap between the birth years of the youngest and oldest successful candidates. Successful candidates were most concentrated in their late 20s. In the administrative track, 159 candidates aged 25–29 accounted for 61.4% of the total. The same age group was also the largest in the science and technology track, with 51 candidates (50.5%).
There were 65 successful candidates aged 30 or older in the administrative track (25.1%) and 30 in the science and technology track (29.7%). Across the entire Grade 5 exam, they numbered 95, accounting for 26.4% of successful candidates.
The average age of successful candidates was 27.8 in both the administrative and science and technology tracks. Compared with last year, the average in the administrative track fell by 0.1 years, from 27.9, while that in the science and technology track rose by 0.5 years, from 27.3. The average age of successful diplomatic service candidates was 27.5.
Women accounted for 119 of the 360 successful candidates in the Grade 5 exam overall, or 33.1%. The female success rate in the administrative track was 39.8%, down 3.4 percentage points from 43.2% last year. In the science and technology track, it was 15.8%, down 3.6 percentage points from 19.4% last year.
Among the diplomatic service candidates, 20 men and 20 women passed, bringing the female success rate to 50%. The final results can be checked on the National Civil Service Recruitment System. Successful candidates in the Grade 5 exam must register as candidates for appointment between October 30 and November 2.

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