A "gaokao" candidate reviews outside an exam site of the national college entrance exam in Taiyuan No. 48 Middle School in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, June 7, 2014. The exam, known as the "gaokao", began on Saturday. A total of 9.39 million people have registered for the exam this year to vie for 6.98 million vacancies in universities and colleges. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)