In pics: 2021 China's national college entrance examination

On June 7, China's national college entrance examination in 2021 officially kicked off. This year, 10.78 million candidates from all over the country will meet the most important test in their lives in pursuit of their dreams.

Photo taken on June 7, 2021, Senior Three teachers and students from Qingquan Vocational High School in Huzhou City, do high-fives to encourage each other in front of the exam venue of Changxing Vocational Education Center. (Tan Yun/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows an examinee passing by the classroom of Rong'an High School, Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Province. (Tan Kaixing/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows an examinee walking into the examination room calmly to prepare for the upcoming examination. (Xu Junyong/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows students undergoing pandemic control measures before entering the exam venue in Guangping County, north China's Hebei Province. (Yang Haibin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows students going through security inspections at No. 1 Middle School in Ganyu District, Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Shao Shixin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows a teacher carefully informing the students before the bus took off in Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Cao Zhengping/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows examinees cheering each others up before entering the examination room of Jiaji Middle School in Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province. (Meng Zhongde/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2021 shows examinees writing down their blessings before the examination. (Lan Zitao/Guangming Picture)