Parents and teachers send off candidates with warm wishes as China's 2023 national college entrance exam, or gaokao kicks off with a record 12.91 million candidates set to take the exam. In Guangzhou, Guangdong province on June 7, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Parents and teachers send off candidates with warm wishes as China's 2023 national college entrance exam, or gaokao kicks off with a record 12.91 million candidates set to take the exam. In Guangzhou, Guangdong province on June 7, 2023. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Parents and teachers at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School cheer for their students as they go to take their national college entrance exam, or gaokao, on June 7, 2023. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Parents and teachers at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School cheer for their students as they go to take their national college entrance exam, or gaokao, on June 7, 2023. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Parents and teachers at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School cheer for their students as they go to take their national college entrance exam, or gaokao, on June 7, 2023. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Parents wait expectantly for their kids at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2023. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Students review exam materials before taking their national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2023. (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY)
Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2023. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY)
Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2023. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY)
A family walks together to the exam site at High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2023. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
A student on wheelchair prepares to take her national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2023. (WANG JING / CHINA DAILY)
Students enter the exam venue at Beijing No 4 High School on June 7, 2023. (WEI XIAOHAO / CHINA DAILY)
Students take a photo together to commemorate the day of their national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at Experimental High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University on June 7, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
