The civil service exam was created aroun the time 500 CE in the Sui dynasty. The purpose of the civil service system was to evaluate canidates based on their merit and to hire them to work for the government. Civil services are the people who are apart of the government's administation. The ancient Chinese civilization used the civil service examination to recruit officials to be apart in their government. They hired the selected induviduals based on their merit to make sure that the system would be strong. Merit based hiring was important because before that they chose people based on their birthrights. Civil services would allow for easier law enforcing, public safety, and things like better policys. 

The civil service exam was created aroun the time 500 CE in the Sui dynasty. The purpose of the civil service system was to evaluate canidates based on their merit and to hire them to work for the government.

Others links about Civil Services:

https://languagetestingasia.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40468-022-00201-5 

https://www.publicvoices.us/_files/ugd/d3a2e5_de189b9b4f8148d2984eee036726f20d.pdf#page=26