Starting from October 15th, the registration for the recruitment of civil servants for the 2026 examination in central government agencies and their directly affiliated institutions has officially begun. A total of 38100 people are planned to be recruited, with a relaxed recruitment age. The employment policies and plans will continue to favor frontline workers and recent graduates. The planned recruitment for this national exam is 38100 people, a decrease of 1600 people from the previous year. According to the recruitment announcement, applicants can log in to the special website from 8:00 am on October 15, 2025 to 6:00 pm on October 24, 2025 to register and submit their application. The recruitment machine will review the application from 8:00 am on October 15, 2025 to 6:00 pm on October 26, 2025 to confirm whether the applicant is eligible to apply. Applicants who have passed the qualification review can log in to the special website after 8:00 on October 28, 2025 to check their registration number. They can log in to the special website from 0:00 on November 1, 2025 to 24:00 on November 6, 2025 to confirm their online registration and make payment. The public subject written test will be held simultaneously on November 30th in all municipalities directly under the central government, provincial capitals, autonomous region capitals, and some cities across the country. This national examination recruitment is tilted towards fresh graduates and grassroots, and will continue to tilt towards fresh graduates and grassroots. According to the website of the National Civil Service Bureau, city (prefecture) level and below institutions directly under the central government mainly recruit fresh college graduates and set up about 26000 programs. More than 28000 plans have been added to directly affiliated institutions at the county (district) level and below. For the over 70% plan aimed at grassroots level, Professor Zhu Lijia from the Central Party School (National School of Administration) told China News Network reporters that from the perspective of social governance, college students should be encouraged to exercise at the grassroots level. "Encouraging talent to flow to the front line of grassroots level is the trend of civil service recruitment, and the key to the development of social economy and the improvement of social civilization quality lies at the grassroots level." Li Manqing, an expert from Huatu Education Research Institute, said that the proportion of fresh graduates in the national examination recruitment continues to remain at a high level. Taking 2025 as an example, the total number of recruits is 39700, of which 26700 are fresh graduates, accounting for about 67%. In addition, there are more than 3000 targeted recruitment plans for grassroots project personnel and retired soldiers who have served in the military for more than 5 years after graduating from universities in this national examination. The recruitment age has been relaxed. According to the national examination recruitment announcement released this time, the age requirement for applicants is generally 18 years old or above and 38 years old or below (born between October 1986 and October 2007). For master's and doctoral students graduating in 2026, the age requirement has been relaxed to 43 years old or below (born after October 1981). The website of the National Civil Service Administration mentioned that "in accordance with the policy requirements of gradually delaying the statutory retirement age, the age conditions for recruiting civil servants have been appropriately relaxed and adjusted. In fact, not only the national civil service examination, but also many places have relaxed the age requirements for civil servant recruitment and public institution recruitment since the beginning of this year. Some media say that this breaks the previous "35 year old threshold". Zhulijia stated that "people around the age of 35 already have certain work experience and technical abilities, which is the 'golden period' for many talents in the workplace. Absorbing these people into the civil service team can help improve the quality of public services in government departments." Experts believe that this policy provides more opportunities for talents to apply, allowing those with rich social experience and professional knowledge to join the civil service team, injecting more diverse social experiences and professional perspectives into the civil service team. In addition, according to the website of the State Civil Service Bureau, for the 2026 graduates of universities, they should apply based on their highest degree they are about to obtain; For other personnel, they should apply based on their highest educational background. For example, the "Recruitment Brochure" only allows candidates with a bachelor's degree to apply for positions, and master's and doctoral students cannot apply with a bachelor's degree. (New Society)