According to the relevant provisions in China's Law on Guarding State Secrets, state secrets are divided into three levels, namely "top secret", "secret" and "secret". The college entrance examination papers are classified as "top secret" and belong to the highest level of state secrets. According to the regulations, once the top secret state secrets are leaked, the national security interests will suffer "particularly serious damage".
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As a national examination, the national college entrance examination is arranged by the national institutions in terms of subjects, contents and time, and it is a commitment made by the state to social candidates. Once a leak happens, it will affect the national image and the credibility of government agencies, which is in line with "particularly serious damage". Considering the consequences, it is not difficult to understand that the college entrance examination is classified as a "top secret state secret", which also means that leaking the contents of the college entrance examination paper is equivalent to leaking state secrets.
In order to ensure the smooth development of college entrance examination, China's Ministry of Education issued the "National Unified Examination Regulations for Enrollment of Colleges and Universities", which put forward detailed rules and regulations for the implementation of the requirements of college entrance examination. According to the "Regulations", the whole process of college entrance examination papers from proposition, printing to implementation of the examination should be carried out in accordance with strict confidentiality standards.
The proposition of college entrance examination paper is the core work of college entrance examination. Relevant departments will generally screen proposition experts about two months before the exam. The proposition group and examination group are mostly composed of college teachers and excellent middle school teachers, and factors such as specialty, age and gender will also be considered when screening.
The final college entrance examination papers will be sent to a top-secret printing plant. Units participating in printing must have the Grade A qualification for printing state secret carriers issued by the State Secrecy Bureau and the Ministry of Education. The confidentiality conditions of the printing factory must meet the requirements of the Measures for the Administration of Printing Qualification of State Secret Carriers.
According to the "Regulations", the college entrance examination papers should be managed in accordance with the top secret matters of the state before they are unsealed and used. The transportation process of the test paper is escorted by the secret service motorcade, and the escort trajectory is tracked by the GPS system. According to the official statement of China Post, the college entrance examination papers will be escorted by a special secret service motorcade, which includes the staff of the test center, local public security and armed police.