One week until China’s make-or-break college entrance exams

Huanggang Middle School, located in Huanggang city of Central China's Hubei Province, is regarded as one of the most prestigious secondary schools in China.

It stands out with an excellent record in China's national college entrance exams, or gaokao, and International Science Olympiads. Since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy in 1978, more than 700 students have entered famous universities such as Peking and Tsinghua. Students from the school have won 19 medals in the International Math Olympiad, International Physics Olympiad and International Chemistry Olympiad.

Textbooks and study materials edited by faculty from this school are widely recognized and used across the country, making the school a national brand for education.

Students from Huanggang Middle School make final preparations for the upcoming national college entrance exams in early July. (Photo: Li Hongmei/Huanggang Middle School)