FOCUS | 2026 college entrance exam kicks off nationwide-Xinhua
FOCUS | 2026 college entrance exam kicks off nationwide
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-06-07 21:26:15
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Some 12.9 million people across China sat for the annual college entrance exam, or gaokao, on Sunday, a pivotal milestone for generations of young Chinese.
Parents see off a bus carrying students to the national college entrance examination sites in Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)A parent hugs her daughter before the exam at a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xin)A parent kisses her daughter before the exam at a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xin)Students talk outside a national college entrance examination site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)Students prepare for the exam at a national college entrance examination site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)A teacher encourages students outside a national college entrance examination site in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Yi/Xinhua)A police officer carries a student who went to the wrong examination site to the correct location in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Yi/Xinhua)A traffic police officer inspects vehicles transporting students outside a national college entrance examination site in Taixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)A traffic police officer claps hands with a student at a national college entrance examination site in Mengzi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Xue Yingying/Xinhua)Community workers provide water for students and their parents outside a national college entrance examination site in Taixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)Students claps hands with teachers before going to the national college entrance examination sites in Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Fan Hui/Xinhua)Students enter a national college entrance examination site in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)Students walk toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Students exit a national college entrance examination site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)Students exit a national college entrance examination site, where parents await them outside, in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by He Jinghua/Xinhua)A student claps hands with a teacher outside a national college entrance examination site in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2026. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)Students pose for a photo outside a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)A student talks with a teacher outside a national college entrance examination site in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)■
