Tens of Thousands of Students, Parents Flock to Schools and Streets for Gaokao 2015

Reporters and members of the media are heavily relied upon by local authorities to lead crackdown against cheaters.

Candidates enter World Foreign Language School for the National College Entrance Exams in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, on June 7, 2015. The two-day exams began on Sunday, with 9.42 million people sitting for the exams this year.

Candidates wait to enter No. 54 High School for the National College Entrance Exams in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, east China, June 7, 2015.

More than ten thousand parents and local residents in Anhui Province wave goodbye to the students, wishing them good luck for the exams on June 5, 2015.

Candidates wait to enter No. 4 High Shool for the National College Entrance Exams in Beijing, capital of China, on June 7, 2015.

Parents are waiting outside Beijing No.4 High School as their children are taking exams inside in Beijing, capital of China, on June 7, 2015.

More than ten thousand parents and local residents in Anhui Province wave goodbye to the students, wishing them good luck for the exams on June 5, 2015.

Parents wish their children good luck as these Chinese high school students take the national college entrance exam.

China's National College Entrance Examination, called "gaokao," gathered thousands of parents and students in schools and streets this year.

According to record, 9.42 million Chinese students are sitting for the 2015 holding of the country-wide exams. This number is higher than the previous year's 9.39 million.

For the the two-day exams, which started on June 7, Sunday, the government deployed Ministry of Education staff and police officers to ensure the safety of both parents and students.