2023 national college entrance exam kicks off across China(1/6)

A staff member of the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center carries a suitcase containing the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam, or gaokao, in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)

Wednesday marks the beginning of gaokao in China.

A van carrying the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam leaves the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)

Staff members of the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center transfer a suitcase containing the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam to a van in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)

Staff members of the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center transfer a suitcase containing the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam to a van in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)

Staff members of the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center transfer a suitcase containing the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)

Staff members of the Haidian Educational Enrollment and Examination Center transfer a suitcase containing the test papers of Beijing 2023 college entrance exam in Beijing, June 7, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)