Online registration for the 2012 civil servant recruitment examination for central agencies and their directly affiliated agencies has ended. As of 24:00 on October 24, 1.234 million people have passed the qualification review, and some people are still undergoing qualification review by the recruitment agency. The entire qualification review will end at 18:00 on October 26. The number of people who pass the qualification examination is expected to be about 1.33 million, slightly less than last year.

According to preliminary statistics, there are 46 recruitment positions with an application ratio exceeding 1,000:1. The application ratio for positions such as director of the Research Management Division of the Ethnic Theory and Policy Research Office of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and below has the highest application ratio at 4,124:1. . The application rate for positions in western and difficult remote areas in directly affiliated agencies such as customs, national taxation, meteorology, maritime affairs, civil aviation, and railway police is relatively low.