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China Daily | Updated: 2014-05-31 07:47
Beijing
Gaokao numbers rise by 3 percent
About 9.39 million students have registered to sit the national college entrance examination, the world's largest, on June 7. The number of candidates had increased by 270,000, or 3 percent, from the previous year, the Ministry of Education said on Friday. Success in the exam, known as the gaokao, is seen by many parents as important in deciding their children's career paths.
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