China: 2026 college entrance exam kicks off nationwide
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Students walk toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (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. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A student, accompanied by her mother, walks toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Students enter a national college entrance examination site in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)
A student walks toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
A student walks toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
A student waves to his parent as he walks toward a national college entrance examination site in Beijing, capital of China, June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, kicked off Sunday nationwide. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
A parent talks to a student before the national college entrance examination at a site in Beijing, China, on June 7, 2026. This year’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, began nationwide on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
