College entrance exam for 2025 continues across China

The yearly Chinese national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, continued across China on Sunday.

With the foreign language exam wrapping up on Sunday afternoon, the three core subjects - Chinese, mathematics, and foreign languages are now complete.

Students in provinces that conducted reform of college entrance exam will continue with their selective subject exams.

This year, the new college entrance examination has been implemented in 29 provinces across the country. Based on the schedule for selective subjects, all exams will conclude on Monday or Tuesday.

For instance, provinces such as Hebei, Shanxi, Jilin, and Jiangsu will finish their exams on Monday, while Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, and Shandong will wrap up on Tuesday.

As per previous years, college entrance examination results are usually available for inquiry between June 23 and 25. Some provinces have already announced their result dates. For instance, Hunan, Hubei, Jilin, and Jiangxi are expected to release their exam results around June 25.

A total of 13.35 million students are expected to sit this year's exam, according to the Ministry of Education.

Since its reinstatement in 1977, the gaokao has become one of China's most powerful tools for the promotion of educational equity and social mobility. Rooted in a merit-based selection ethos, the exam allows students from families of all backgrounds to compete fairly. This standardized system ensures transparency and accountability in university admissions for a population of over 1.4 billion.

For many, the gaokao is a life-changing moment, a single chance to transform their future through determination and hard work. It has come to symbolize fairness, opportunity, and the belief that personal effort can change one's future.

College entrance exam for 2025 continues across China

Li Xi, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met with a delegation led by Dmitry Krutoi, head of the Administration of the President of Belarus, in Beijing on Monday.

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said China is ready to work with Belarus to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and continue to firmly support each other on issues regarding each other's core interests and major concerns.

China is willing to enhance the alignment of development strategies and high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, strengthen multilateral collaboration and promote the bilateral ties with Belarus, Li said.

Krutoi said Belarus is firmly committed to developing the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership with China, and stands ready to learn from China's experience in state governance and party building to push the bilateral ties to a higher level.

Senior CPC official meets Belarusian delegation