What do top gaokao scorers do after university graduation?
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4. Zhou Jie
2005 top scorer in liberal art for Xiaoshan district in Zhejiang province
Admitted to Tsinghua University
Now a partner of a startup after working for six years in Xinhua News Agency
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| Zhou Jie discusses with her colleagues. [Photo/VCG] |
Zhou Jie started her business in 2015 after resigning from Xinhua News Agency in Beijing. With a score of 659 on the 2005 gaokao in liberal art, she topped the list in Xiaoshan district, east China's Zhejiang province.
"The identity of zhuangyuan does not make my life much easier. Even without it, I could still live a good life," Zhou says.
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