Photo shows examinees heading toward their exam site at the Haidian Experimental School in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Feng Yongbing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Aside from a postponement in Shanghai due to COVID-19, the gaokao, also known as China's national college entrance exam, will be held on June 7 and 8 nationwide, amid sporadic COVID-19 infections in some places.
This year, a new high of 11.93 million students across the country will take the exam and among them at least 48,000 participants will be taking their exams in Beijing.
Examinees review study materials for their exams while waiting outside their exam site in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Feng Yongbing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Photo shows examinees heading toward their exam site at the Haidian Experimental School in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Feng Yongbing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Examinees take photos together outside their exam site in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Feng Yongbing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Photo shows an examinee giving a high-five to a teacher while waiting outside her exam site, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]
An examinee takes a photo with her mother and teacher outside her exam site in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]
An examinee prepares to enter the exam site in North China's Tianjin, June 7, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
A teacher cheers for an examinee at an exam site in North China's Tianjin, June 7, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
An examinee hugs her mother before entering an exam site in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
Examinees enter an exam site in Beijing, June 7, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
