1. In general, the national examination is more difficult than the provincial examination. Judging from the number of national examination candidates and reference numbers over the years, the final competition ratio will generally be above 30: 1. If calculated according to the proportion of registration, the proportion of competition is even greater. The national examination is very popular. Every year, there will be a thousand-mile position and a thousand-mile position in the central party and mass organs. The proportion of competition in provincial examinations will be relatively small. Except for a few special provinces, most of the competition ratio is generally around 20-30 to 1, which is much smaller than the national examination.

In different regions, the popularity of public examinations is different. In developed provinces, such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other developed areas, there are many employment opportunities and large room for development outside the system, so civil servants are not so hot. The competition for civil service examinations in developed provinces is relatively small.