A man expresses his wishes to students with a couplet that says "may you be admitted by your dream university" as parents and family members see off students for this year's Gaokao in Liu'an, Anhui Province on June 5, 2018. [Photo: IC]

A double-decker carrying students from this year's Gaokao leaves the gate of Maotanchang Middle School in Liu'an, east China's Anhui Province on June 5, 2018. Students from the school are traveling to a location 50 kilometers away to sit the Gaokao scheduled for June 7 and 8. [Photo: IC]

Students take pictures of the crowd outside the bus as they leave their Maotanchang Middle School for this year's Gaokao scheduled for June 7 and 8. [Photo: IC]

Parents and family members wait for the bus carrying Gaokao students to leave the school gate in Liu'an, Anhui Province on June 5, 2018. [Photo: IC]