Since 2002, China's college entrance examination papers are no longer unified nationwide, but a set of questions are used by provinces with relatively close basic education development level. By the end of the college entrance examination in 2022, the national college entrance examination papers include the first and second volumes of the new college entrance examination, the first and second volumes of the country and the independent proposition volume.
Use of College Entrance Examination Papers in Provinces in 2023
The first volume of the new college entrance examination (8 provinces)
Applicable provinces: Shandong, Hebei, Hubei, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Examination subjects: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, politics, history, geography, information technology, etc.
Features: Chinese, mathematics and foreign language examinations are organized by the examination center of the Ministry of Education. The provinces put forward physical, historical, chemical, political, biological and geographical reasons. Among them, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Hebei provinces are 3+ 1+2 provinces for college entrance examination, and Shandong province is 3+3 provinces for comprehensive reform.
New high examination paper 2 (3 provinces)
Applicable provinces: Hainan, Liaoning and Chongqing
Examination subjects: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, politics, history, geography, etc.
Features: Chinese, mathematics and foreign language examinations are organized by the examination center of the Ministry of Education. The provinces put forward physical, historical, chemical, political, biological and geographical reasons. Among them, Liaoning and Chongqing are 3+ 1+2 provinces, and Hainan is a comprehensive reform 3+3 province.
National Volume A (5 provinces)
Applicable provinces: Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet and Guangxi.
Examination subjects: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, comprehensive arts and sciences.
Features: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, liberal arts and science are all unified by the examination center of the Ministry of Education.
National Volume B (12 provinces)
Applicable provinces: Henan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia.
Examination subjects: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, comprehensive arts and sciences.
Features: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, liberal arts and science are all unified by the examination center of the Ministry of Education.
Independent proposition (3 provinces)
Applicable provinces: Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin
Examination subjects: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, politics, history, geography, etc.
Features: Candidates in these three areas use their own papers, Beijing papers, Shanghai papers and Tianjin papers.