Once upon a time, one of the standards on the female public servant physical examinations was having symmetrical breasts. This drew a huge public response and according to an official document, published by Hunan Province Human Resources Department and Hunan Provincial Health Department, Standards for Physical Examinations of Hunan Province National Public Servants, the standards call for qualifying female public servants to have normal secondary sex characteristics: symmetrical breasts, have no enclosed masses, be absent of inflammation, ulcer or tumor in the vulva, and not have a prolapsed uterus.

In recent days, the press reports that a female graduate of Hunan origin, from Jinan, Xiao Lu, called and reported that she thought the standard for public servants' physical examination were discriminatory. After the report was published, it provoked wide criticism from society.

In response to the public attention, the Hunan administration’s Divisional Director of Public Servants Human Resource Department confirmed that there was really such a stipulation in the standard for public servants' physical examination. However, he commented, there exists no record of any eliminations for candidates failing to comply with this standard during the various recruitments over the years and that it was just a formality from many years ago.

Regardless of the former standards, the regulations for public servants’ physical examinations will be substantially modified this year and Hunan Province Human Resources Department and Hunan Provincial Health Department will work with relevant experts carry out modification. The HR head, Chen Fangmin, said that although all the details are not clear, what is certain is that the requirement that women must have “symmetrical breasts” will be abolished.

Chen also expressed that making this decision was not only due to pressure from the public, but because it is simply an unnecessary qualification for public servant recruitment. In his own words, “This modification eases many terms for recruiting public servants; the key is to embody humanity when doing this kind of work. We are looking for dedicated, compassionate, and talented individuals to help us serve the public.”

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