Annual college entrance exam concludes in most parts of China(1/4)

A mother wearing a red mask greets an examinee with a bouquet of flowers outside an exam site at Beiqing Experimental School in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jiaxian)

Annual college entrance exam concluded on Wednesday in some parts of China. The exam, also known as the "gaokao," saw a record 11.93 million candidates sign up this year.

An examinee poses for photos with her mother outside an exam site at Beiqing Experimental School in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jiaxian)

Examinees walk out of an exam site in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Lang)

Examinees take selfie outside an exam site in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, June 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Wei Liang)