The 2024 National College Entrance Examination kicked off.

　　Beijing, 7 June (Reporter Ding Yazhen, Wu Yue) June 7 is the first day of the national college entrance examination. The reporter learned from the Education Examinations Institute of the Ministry of Education that the number of applicants for the national college entrance examination reached 13.42 million in 2024. There are 7,926 test sites, 359,000 ordinary test sites, 22,000 standby test sites and 1.07 million invigilators. All localities and departments have taken a series of measures to ensure a safe college entrance examination.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Education Examinations Institute of the Ministry of Education introduced that in order to ensure the safety of test papers, one post with multiple controls and personnel and technology joint defense were strictly implemented in all aspects of test paper life system, printing, transportation, storage and distribution.

　　It is understood that the Ministry of Education, together with the public security, network information and other departments, jointly launched a special campaign to crack down on cheating, and together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, strengthened the governance of the electromagnetic environment around the test center, focusing on cracking down on illegal acts of cheating in exams by using radio equipment such as mobile phones. At the same time, guide all localities to formulate special governance work plans, strengthen the standardized management of off-campus training institutions involved in college entrance examinations, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as false propaganda, organizational fraud or cheating.

　　"This year, the Ministry of Education specially ordered Braille test papers for 15 blind candidates in 11 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and provided reasonable convenience and help for more than 11,000 disabled candidates." The relevant person in charge of the Education Examinations Institute of the Ministry of Education introduced that all localities have carried out escort actions for college entrance examinations, further optimized examination services, provided comprehensive guarantees for candidates’ travel, accommodation and other aspects, and made efforts to create a peaceful, comfortable and warm-hearted examination environment.

　　In addition, in response to natural disasters such as earthquakes, rainstorms, floods and other public emergencies such as traffic accidents that may occur during this year’s examinations, all localities and departments have further improved emergency plans and refined their work measures.