In 2023, the college entrance examination in Anhui used the national volume I (national volume B), which is the new curriculum standard volume. One volume is generally more difficult than two. It is divided into National Volume A (National Volume II), National Volume B (National Volume I) and National Volume C. The full score of Chinese, Mathematics and Foreign Languages in Anhui College Entrance Examination is 150. The liberal arts/science comprehensive examination paper scored 300 points, with a total score of 750 points. The synthesis of liberal arts refers to the synthesis of politics, history and geography, while the synthesis of science refers to the synthesis of physics, chemistry and biology.

Anhui is also a traditional college entrance examination area. The full score of the traditional college entrance examination area is 750, of which the full score of Chinese, liberal arts mathematics, science mathematics and foreign languages is 150, and the full score of science (physics and chemistry) and liberal arts (politics, history and geography) is 300. Candidates in traditional college entrance examination areas adopt the model of "3+ 1", where 3 stands for Chinese, mathematics and foreign languages, and 1 stands for liberal arts or science integration.

College entrance examination is a system for selecting new students in colleges and universities. China has a history of 1300 years, which once showed the superiority of selecting talents and influenced East Asian countries. 1905, in order to develop new education and cultivate practical talents, the Qing court abolished the imperial examination system and introduced the western school examination system instead. The establishment of the modern college entrance examination system in China has two important sources: one is the traditional examination thinking and value formed by the imperial examination system, and the other is the mode and means of the western modern examination system.