Applicants for the national-level civil servant exam take the test at Nanjing Forestry University in Jiangsu province, Nov 24, 2013. Less than 1.12 million out of 1.52 million qualified applicants took the annual national civil service exam across China on Sunday, competing for about 19,000 vacancies from more than 130 central government departments and affiliated organizations. The most coveted post has 7,192 people competing for one vacancy. [Photo/Xinhua]