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High-school students are lining up outside exam halls in Beijing.
They're some of the 13.4 million school leavers who are taking the 'Gaokao'.
This extremely difficult exam is their only route to a place at university in China.
As Gaokao grades decide which university students will attend, this motivates many to study for the highest marks.
There's intense competition for places at universities in the Project 211 group.
Although China has 2,820 higher education institutions, these are its 115 world-leading universities.
In previous years, exam preparation caused students to develop severe exhaustion.
However, people are becoming more measured, even when they face the Gaokao.
Deng Ju's putting her daughter's health and happiness first.
As he's waiting in line, student Zhang Xinnan's staying focused.
He explains that keeping calm's a key exam skill.
The Gaokao lasts between two and four days.
The compulsory subjects are maths, Chinese and a modern language.
Alongside these, students can now pick three subjects themselves.
They choose between biology, chemistry, geography, history, politics and physics.
Often, this decision's influenced by students' planned university studies.
This year, universities are introducing new, future-focused degrees.
Students will be studying AI, robotics, digital economics, and green energy and engineering.
These are designed to support China's future economic and technological development.
Teacher Wang sees the Gaokao as students' transition into adult responsibilities.
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