The civil service examination is an employment examination organized by the competent department of civil servants to recruit the first-level chief clerk and other civil servants below the equivalent rank. The Civil Servant Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the methods of public examination, strict inspection, equal competition and merit-based admission should be adopted in the recruitment of the first-level chief clerk and other civil servants below the equivalent rank.

When recruiting civil servants in ethnic autonomous areas in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, appropriate care should be given to ethnic minority applicants in accordance with the law and relevant regulations. The recruitment of civil servants of the central organs and their directly affiliated institutions shall be organized and implemented by the competent department of civil servants of the central state. The recruitment of civil servants in local organs at all levels shall be organized and implemented by the provincial competent department of civil servants.

When necessary, the provincial competent department of civil servants may authorize the municipal competent department of civil servants to organize. On July 27, 2022, the interview announcement for the recruitment of civil servants in the 2022 provincial-level organs in Shanxi Province was released. The interview for the recruitment of civil servants in the 2022 provincial examination is scheduled to be held from July 30th to 3rd1day.

The Tang Dynasty standardized the form of imperial examinations established by the Sui Dynasty, and basically established the principle that only by passing the imperial examinations can you become an official. However, in the early stage of the establishment of the system, it is often disturbed by irrational factors. Candidates often visit examiners before the imperial examinations. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor strictly controlled the choice of examiners and examination questions, and set up various measures for the fairness of the examination.