Ministry of Education： In 2023, the number of applicants for the national college entrance examination reached 12.91 million, a record high.

　　CCTV News:According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 was 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and a record high. The Ministry of Education, together with the member units of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on the Unified Examination of National Education, made overall planning and careful deployment, guided all localities to do a good job in examination organization and service for candidates, and went all out to achieve the goal and task of "Safe College Entrance Examination".

　　First, strictly standardize management and fully guarantee the safety of examinations.

　　— — Strictly implement safety responsibilities. Together with the member units of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Meeting of the National Unified Education Examination, we will make comprehensive arrangements for the safety of this year’s college entrance examination and effectively compact the main responsibilities of various localities and departments. Guide all localities to comprehensively sort out the existing security risks, improve and perfect relevant measures, and keep the bottom line of exam security.

　　— — Strictly standardize examination management. Guide all localities to further improve the examination management system, improve the requirements of examination staff management, examination paper printing, examination paper transportation and storage, examination implementation, security and confidentiality, and ensure fair, safe, scientific and standardized examination enrollment.

　　— — Severely crack down on exam fraud. In conjunction with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments, we will jointly launch a special campaign to combat cheating, taking prevention of cheating on mobile phones as the top priority, taking multiple measures simultaneously and comprehensively, guiding all localities to strengthen measures such as civil air defense, physical defense and technical defense, strictly regulating admission security, strengthening invigilation and patrol examinations in examination rooms, and severely cracking down on cheating using mobile phones and other communication equipment. Candidates and personnel who cheat in the college entrance examination will be dealt with seriously according to the law and regulations, and the fairness and justice of the college entrance examination will be resolutely safeguarded.

　　— — Make overall plans for examination and epidemic prevention. In conjunction with the National Health and Wellness Commission, the National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention and other departments, we will guide all localities to thoroughly sum up past experience and practices, adhere to scientific and accurate epidemic prevention, accurately implement the requirements of "Class B and Class B Management", improve the plan and plan, set up examination rooms according to different candidates’ situations, prepare enough spare examination rooms and staff, do a good job in pre-test health monitoring of candidates and staff, refine epidemic prevention measures, and timely issue examination epidemic prevention requirements.

　　Second, optimize the service for candidates and fully guarantee the warm college entrance examination.

　　— — Optimize the service guarantee for candidates. In conjunction with the National Meteorological Administration and other departments, we will closely analyze information such as extreme weather and natural disasters during the college entrance examination, and guide all localities to further improve their plans to ensure timely and effective response to emergencies. Guide all localities to further improve the comprehensive protection of public security travel, accommodation and sanitation, and noise control. It provides reasonable convenience for nearly 10 thousand disabled candidates to take the exam.

　　— — Carry out the "2023 College Entrance Examination Escort Action". In conjunction with the member units of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on the Unified National Education Examination, we will continue to carry out the "2023 College Entrance Examination Escort Action", guide all localities to focus on a number of special actions such as "cleaning up public accounts related to Internet examinations" and "lighting the official website logo of authoritative examination enrollment institutions", and actively create a good examination environment.

　　— — Strengthen the guidance of volunteering. Instruct local colleges and universities to make full use of information technology, carefully organize special consultation service activities for volunteering to fill in the college entrance examination after the exam, and provide policy interpretation, information reference and consultation services for candidates and parents through multiple channels and ways. Give full play to the role of middle school as the main channel, strengthen the policy training of senior three class teachers and classroom teachers, and provide more targeted quality services for candidates.

　　Third, strengthen publicity and guidance, and strive to create a good atmosphere.

　　— — Strengthen the interpretation of policy propaganda. Guide all localities to give full play to the "news spokesperson" system, and actively use television, official website, official micro-media, live broadcast, short video and other forms to carry out a wide range of services such as information release and policy interpretation.

　　— — Standardize the behavior of training institutions involved in the examination. Guide all localities to formulate special governance work plans, strengthen the standardized management of off-campus education and training institutions involved in the college entrance examination, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as false propaganda, charging high-priced consulting fees, illegally carrying out training services, organizing fraud or cheating, and disrupting the order of examination enrollment, so as to create a clean and honest network public opinion environment.