BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) 
-- There were 7.089 million civil servants 
in China by the end of 2012, 
the State Administration of Civil 
Service revealed Thursday.
The 
number was up from 7.021 million by 
the end of 2011, according to a 
statement posted on the 
administration's official 
website.
China had 6.597 million 
civil servants in 2008, 6.789 million in 2009 
and 6.894 million in 2010, according to 
the administration, which is affiliated 
to the country's Ministry of 
Human Resources and Social 
Security.
The ministry reported 
that 188,000 people were recruited as 
civil servants in 2012, with 18,000 working 
in central government organs and 170,000 
in local regions.
About 1.12 
million candidates took the national 
civil servant exam on Nov. 25, 2012, 
marking a year-on-year increase of 150,000, 
it said.
One in every 53 
examinees will successfully obtain a 
government post, according to the 
administration.