Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Service Law.
Twenty-third first-level chief clerk and other civil servants below the equivalent rank shall be recruited by public examination, strict inspection, equal competition and merit-based admission.
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.
Article 24 The recruitment of civil servants of the central organs and their directly affiliated institutions shall be organized and implemented by the central national civil servant department. The recruitment of civil servants in local organs at all levels shall be organized by the provincial civil servant department, and when necessary, the provincial civil servant department may authorize the municipal civil servant department to organize.
Twenty-sixth the following persons shall not be employed as civil servants:
(1) Having received criminal punishment for committing a crime;
(two) was expelled from China * * * party;
(3) Being expelled from public office;
(4) Being listed as the object of joint punishment for dishonesty according to law;
(five) there are other circumstances in which the law stipulates that it is not allowed to be employed as a civil servant.