The 2022 national college entrance exam begins in China

The 2022 national college entrance exam (Gaokao) in China were held from June 7 to 8th. This year, the number of students registered for the exam reached a new record number of 11.93 million students, an increase of 1.15 million students from last year.

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows the examination site at Chongqing Dazu Middle School, located in southwest China’s Chongqing City. Teachers and students are cheering together to help exam candidates build confidence towards the exam. (Huang Shu/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows the examination site at the No. 2 branch school of Middle School Afflicted to Renmin University of China, where parents are accompanying students to the exam. (Niu Yungang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows students preparing to take the exam at Dalian Bolun Middle School in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. (Liu Debin/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows a bus taking students to the examination site of Xiaoshan No.1 Vocational Senior High School in Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang province. Students are walking into the examination site with confidence, hoping to achieve their dreams. (Zhang Xiangrong/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows students preparing to take the exam in Hukou County of Jiujiang City, east China’s Jiangxi province, where they are on route to the examination site. (Zhang Yu/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows the examination site at Tianjin Nankai High School of north China’s Tianjin City, where a parent is wearing qipao when accompanying her child to take the exam. (Liu Dongyue/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows students in Qionghai City of south China’s Hainan province walking into the examination site in order at Jiaji Middle School. (Meng Zhongde)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows police officers from Zunhua City of north China’s Hebei province directing the traffic to allow vehicles transporting exam candidates to enter the examination site. (Liu Mancang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows the examination site at Ganyu High School of east China’s Jiangsu province, where students are undergoing security to enter the examination site. (Si Wei/Guangming Picture)