A record-setting 115,831 Chinese people lined up for Hubei province's civil services exam on Friday… all knowing that the 6,500 open positions meant the chances of acceptance were lower than that of getting into Princeton or Yale…
Up from 106,000 last year, China People's Daily reports this year's applicants the most numerous ever…
Applicants across 25 cities sat for China's national exam for access to the civil service, comprising tests of professional ability and language.
Each year, authorities are extremely careful to avoid irregularities, but this year, the human resources department of east China's Jiangxi Province said on Saturday evening that it has started investigating the alledged leak of the provincial civil service exam.
The annual exams kicked off on Saturday in several provinces across China including Jiangxi. However, some people posted on their social network accounts suggesting the exam information might have been leaked because the questions were the same as on their practice materials.
In addition, a few people were spotted distributing the answers for the tests outside the exam sites after the first test in the morning concluded.
As the exam is conducted jointly, several provinces are involved.
So far, only Jiangxi Province has responded to the situation.
China's revised criminal laws shows zero-tolerance to exam-related misconduct and has defined cheating on major national exams as a criminal crime.
People found guilty of cheating face up to seven years in jail.
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