A parent accompanies her daughter to an exam site of the national college entrance exam at Qinhuangdao Experimental High School in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei 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/Yang Shiyao)