The national unified entrance examination for colleges and universities, referred to as the "College Entrance Examination", is a selective examination for high school graduates from Chinese mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) or candidates with equivalent academic qualifications. ?

Ordinary colleges and universities, according to the scores of candidates, according to the established enrollment plan, comprehensively measure morality, intelligence and physical fitness, and select the best candidates. The college entrance examination is arranged by the Ministry of Education, and the examination questions are ordered by the examination center of the Ministry of Education or the provincial education examination institutes that implement independent propositions. The examination date is June 7th and 8th every year (June 9th in some areas, 10). If the names of examination subjects in all provinces and cities are the same as those in the national unified examination, they must be consistent with the national unified examination timetable.

College entrance examination is not the only way for China citizens to get diplomas. There are other ways, such as adult college entrance examination and self-study examination. The qualifications obtained are all recognized by the state.

Since 20 15, the college entrance examination has gradually cancelled six extra points, such as sports special students and Olympic Games? [3]。 In 20 19, the Ministry of Education banned the promotion of "the top student in the college entrance examination" and "the enrollment rate in the college entrance examination", strengthened the management of the slogan of the college entrance examination in middle schools, and resolutely put an end to any speculation about the college entrance examination.

College entrance examination is a system for selecting new students in colleges and universities. China has a history of 1300 years, which once showed the superiority of selecting talents and deeply influenced East Asian countries. 1905, in order to develop new education and cultivate practical talents, the Qing court abolished the imperial examination system and introduced the western school examination system instead. The establishment of the modern college entrance examination system in China has two important sources: one is the traditional examination thinking and value formed by the imperial examination system, and the other is the mode and means of the western modern examination system.