49,000 examinees participated the “new Gaokao”.

　　The listening test of 2020 Gaokao ,the entrance exam for universities and colleges kicked off on January 8th and 597,797 examinees from Shandong Province took part in . 146 examination sections featuring 343 examination sites and 20162 examination classrooms were included in 16 cities. Examination sections, 32 sites and 49,000 classrooms were open in Ji’nan.

　　Han , one of the examinees interviewed by the reporter before the exam told that I was ready for it because I had been intensively trained at school. “Though it is a little tired in two tests which need to focus all the attention , I am ready for it.” Han’s mother told the reporter that in a bid not to miss the exam she had booked a room near the examination school, “we parents are getting more and more nervous as Gaokao is approaching but we have prepared a lot for it.”