Students take a break at the Jinzhai No. 1 Senior High School in Liuan, east China's Anhui Province, June 6, 2013. The annual national college entrance exam will take place on June 7 and 8. Some 9.12 million applicants are expected to sit this year's college entrance exam, down from 9.15 million in 2012, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE). (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)