The full name of the college entrance examination is: the national unified examination for enrollment of ordinary colleges and universities. College entrance examination is a selective examination for qualified high school graduates or candidates with equivalent educational level in People's Republic of China (PRC) (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).

The subjects who take the exam are generally full-time ordinary high school graduates and China citizens with equivalent education. Enrollment is divided into two categories: science, engineering, agriculture, medicine (including sports) and literature and history (including foreign languages and art). Colleges and universities should plan and expand enrollment according to candidates' scores and enrollment regulations, comprehensively measure morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and select the best candidates.

Mode of college entrance examination: "3+X" in most provinces and cities, "3" means "Chinese, Mathematics and Foreign Languages", and "X" means that students can choose one of the two comprehensive subjects as an examination subject according to their own wishes.

This program is the most widely used and mature college entrance examination program in China in 20 19. The total score is 750 (language 150, mathematics 150, foreign language 150, liberal arts/science 300).