摘要
<正>The number of students sitting China’s annual college entrance examination known as the gaokao hit a record 11.93 million this year, an increase of 1.15 million over 2021, the Ministry of Education said.Given the existence of sporadic(偶发的,零星的) COVID-19 cases in multiple regions, including Beijing and Liaoning Province, education commissions(委员会) nationwide have introduced measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic on the exam, which began on June 7.