Examinees leave the exam site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Gaokao, or the national college entrance exam, concluded in some parts of China on Wednesday.
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Over 10 million students sit this year's national college entrance exam on Tuesday, deemed the most important event for them as it provides a fair opportunity to set the directions for their future careers.
Nationwide, more than 7,000 exam sites have been set up, with around 400,000 examination rooms, while 945,000 people work as invigilators or service providers for the exam.
The exam lasted two days generally but due to different arrangements, in some provincial regions, it may run longer.
Parents wait outside a school as their children attend the national college entrance exam in Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Teachers holding sunflowers wait for examinees outside an exam site in Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Examinees pose for photos outside an exam site in southwest China's Chongqing, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
An examinee receives a bouquet of flowers outside an exam site in Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Examinees pose for group photos at an exam site in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
An examinee hugs his teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in Jize County of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Parents wait outside a school as their children attend the national college entrance exam in Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
An examinee gestures to his parents outside an exam site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Parents wait outside a school as their children attend the national college entrance exam in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Parents wait outside a school as their children attend the national college entrance exam in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
Examinees leave the exam venue after finishing the national college entrance exam at the No. 2 Middle School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Parents wait outside a school as their children attend the national college entrance exam in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
Examinees leave the exam venue after finishing the national college entrance exam at a middle school in southwest China's Chongqing, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
Examinees take selfies with their teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in Jize County, Handan of north China's Hebei Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Examinees leave the exam venue after finishing the national college entrance exam at the No. 3 Middle School in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)■