On the morning of August 4, 1977, the Central Committee held a symposium on scientific and educational work. It was at this meeting that it was decided to restore the college entrance examination system that had been interrupted for 10 years.
On October 21, 1977, the people's daily headline "Major Reform of College Admissions" announced that the college entrance examination, which had been interrupted for more than ten years, would resume the examination, and the news quickly spread throughout the country.
In 1977, the first year of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the zhiqing of Nanjing Xigangguo Ranch were registering for the college entrance examination.
Admission ticket for the year
In the winter of 1977, 5.7 million workers, peasants, intellectuals, demobilized soldiers, cadres and fresh graduates took to the examination hall, and some of them had rich practical experience or real expertise, and the age could be relaxed to 30 years old, and there was no limit to whether they could be married.
Due to the rush of time, the 1977 college entrance examination was postponed to December. This is also the only time so far that the college entrance examination has been held in winter. Since 1978, the time of the college entrance examination has been readjusted to July.
On December 18, 1977, candidates from the Changsha No. 1 Middle School Examination Center walked out of the examination room
In 1977, the number of people who actually participated in the college entrance examination was 5.7 million, and finally only more than 270,000 people were admitted, with an admission rate of 4.8%, which was the lowest admission rate of the previous college entrance examination.
In the spring of 1978, Peking University welcomed the first batch of new students admitted after the resumption of the college entrance examination.
In the spring of 1978, the opening ceremony of Peking University was held
After the resumption of the college entrance examination, students of the class of 1977 of Tsinghua University listened carefully to the lectures in class.