Linyi sees 81000 students enter exam rooms for 2024 Gaokao

An examinee dashes out the exam venues at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

China's national college entrance examination, known as the Gaokao, started on June 7. About 81000 students waved goodbye to their parents and entered exam rooms in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province on Friday morning.

Officials, volunteers and social institutions in Linyi have bolstered support services, providing students with assistance in areas such as transportation, accommodation, medical care, and noise control during the examination period.

The annual national college entrance exam, set to take place in early June this year, is regarded as one of the most important exams for Chinese students. With students sitting in test rooms for the all-important national college entrance examination, parents and teachers have been racking their brains to give them emotional support.

Teachers encourage their students who take the national college entrance exam, or Gaokao, at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

A mother encourages her daughter who is about to take the national college entrance exam, or Gaokao, at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

Teachers encourage their students who take the national college entrance exam, or Gaokao, at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

A student poses for a photo outside a national college entrance examination site at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

Students pose for a photo outside a national college entrance examination site at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.

Students walk out of the exam venues at No.1 Middle School of Linyi Shandong on June 7.