Record 12 mln sit for China's annual college entrance exam

STORY: Record 12 mln sit for China's annual college entrance exam DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of students entering exam sites 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YU YONG, President of Jinshan Middle School, Fuzhou 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI WEI, Vice president of No. 13 Middle School, Harbin 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): RONG CHEN, Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): MA MINGYI, Urban management and law enforcement bureau, Nangang District, Harbin STORYLINE: A record 11.93 million students have applied for China's national college entrance exam in 2022, also known as "gaokao," an increase of 1.15 million from last year. Aside from a postponement in Shanghai due to COVID-19, the exam kicked off Tuesday nationwide. Authorities across China have arranged more than one million proctors and other personnel in 330,000 ordinary exam rooms. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YU YONG, President of Jinshan Middle School, Fuzhou "Nearly 1,4