〖图集〗2018高考

图源：路透社

2018年高考（gaokao）

Staff members monitor the venues as students sit for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Xian, Shaanxi province, China June 7, 2018.

Teachers in red tee-shirts talk with a student before he enters the venue for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Beijing, China June 7, 2018.

Parents wait behind police cordon outside the venue for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China June 7, 2018.

Students are checked with metal detectors as they enter the venue for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2018. 

A student is checked with a metal detector before she enters a classroom for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2018. The Chinese characters on the T-shirt read, "Pass for sure". 

Students gather and wait to be taken to the venue for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", while their parents see them off in Dandong, Liaoning province, China, June 5, 2018. 

Teachers run with signs as they cheer for students at a rally ahead of the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", at a high school in Hengshui, Hebei province, China May 24, 2018. Picture taken May 24, 2018.

Students study along corridoors at a high school ahead of the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", in Hengyang, Hunan province, China, June 3, 2018. Picture taken June 3, 2018.

Students attend an oath-taking rally held on the graduation day, ahead of the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao", at a high school in Zhumadian, Henan province, China, June 3, 2018.