Candidates walk out of an exam site after taking the first test of the national college entrance exam at Shenyang No. 7 High School in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning 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 Qing)