On the development of higher education entry examination System of china

Abstract

            The current system of entrance examinations for Chinese students across the country is the new Chinese entrance examination, National Higher Education Entrance Examinations, abbreviated as Gao Kao（高考）, and they are held every year in June. All the Chinese families attach great importance to the entrance examinations because they believe that the entrance exams can change their lives. Through the entrance examinations, the young students can enter those universities whose reputation will definitely help find a good job and have a good future. Therefore, the Chinese entrance exams are filled with much competition and that makes both the students and their parents to attach the above-mentioned great importance to the entrance exams. In accordance with the timeline of the Chinese society, this thesis has divided the 70-plus-year history of the higher education entry examination system of China into such four sections as establishment and repetition, termination and recovery, reform and exploration, and piloting and deepening, where reasonable reviews are applied in its developmental process, and objective analyses in its success and lesson, all of which are considered greatly meaningful for clarifying the inner relations between its timeline and reforms and for understanding the internal logics and developmental trend of the very examination system. After that, the thesis has, in respect to the outline, the challenge being faced and the introspection of the new examination system, rolled out the analysis. Finally, the thesis has conclusively aspired a practicable approach to the further reform of the higher education entry examination system of China.