A parent gives a high five to a student at the college entrance exam site at the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University on Monday. Photo: VCG

Students walk to Beijing No.18 Middle School testing site to take the test on Monday. Photo: VCG

Parents wait outside the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University testing site with Chinese words meaning “pass the gaokao” written on their masks on Monday. Photo: VCG

A woman cheers her child on at the entrance of a testing site on Monday in Qionghai, South China’s Hainan province. Photo: VCG

Parents dress up in cheongsams and carry sunflower umbrellas to root for students on Monday at the entry of a testing site in Xuzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG

A student reads a textbook outside a testing site in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province. Photo: VCG

Students take their admission cards before entering the testing site in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province, on Monday. Photo: VCG

Parents wait for their children to finish the exam outside a testing site on Monday in Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG

A parent gazes her child outside a testing site in Tianjin on Monday. Photo: VCG

Parents stand near a testing site to wait for their children to finish the test on Monday in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG

Volunteers hold signs outside a testing site in Nantong on Monday to inform the drivers to pass quietly during the test. Photo: VCG

Police clear the traffic on Monday morning for buses carrying candidates in Changde, Central China’s Hunan province. Photo: VCG