Shanghai students sit for national college entrance exam
More than 60,000 high school students started their three-day gaokao, China's national college entrance exam, on Saturday morning.
Outside Shanghai Qibao High School, parents and teachers dressed up in red clothes to cheer for the examinees and wish them a good start, which has become an unofficial ritual to kick off the exam every year.
Shanghai Qibao High School is one of the venues in the city to host this year's gaokao for local examinees.
Police officers are in place to ensure order outside the exam site.
Make the final preparation for the exam.
Students line up to enter the exam site.
It's rainy on Saturday, the start of this year's plum rain season.
Give me five!
A hug to express support.
Teachers and parents wear red clothes to wish examinees a good start.
Thumbs-up for students.
Thumbs-up for students.
