According to Huayu Education Network, in 20001year, the total number of candidates taking the college entrance examination in Anhui Province was 2013, 242,546 in 2002 and 292 105 in 2003.

The 2023 college entrance examination was held from June 7 to 8. There are 647,000 college entrance examination candidates in Anhui province, an increase of about 46,000 over the previous year. Candidates who have been admitted to the classified examinations and counterpart entrance examinations in higher vocational colleges no longer take part in the unified college entrance examination, and the actual reference candidates are about 496,000, an increase of 27,000 over the previous year.