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China's annual College Entrance Examination will hold from June 7 to June 8, and more than 10 million students are predicted to take part in this year's exam. During the three decades following the resumption of China's College Entrance Examination in 1977, altogether 36 million students have been admitted to universities, colleges, and vocational and technical schools.
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People's Daily published the top news "Important reforms on higher education enrollment" and a commentary "Doing well the work of college enrollment is the hope of the whole nation" on 1977 October 12, marking the official resumption of the national college entrance examination system after a 11-year halt.
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| National college entrance exam: three decades on |
| On May 24 1977, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping delivered a speech entitled "Respect Knowledge, Respect Talents", indicating the possible re-introduction of the national college entrance exam that had been stopped a decade ago.
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| 36 million students admitted into college in three decades |
| During the three decades following the resumption of China's College Entrance Examination in 1977, altogether 36 million students have been admitted into universities, colleges, and vocational and technical schools, with the enrollment rate lifted from 4.7 percent in 1977 to 56.85 percent in 2006, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education.
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| End college largesse |
| Chinese colleges have expanded their campuses and enrollment at an amazing rate since the late 1990s. While their academic quality is believed to have failed to grow accordingly, their debts have accumulated to a dangerous level.
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China launches new monitoring system as college entrance exam begins (17:21, June 07, 2007)
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