The first college entrance examination after the founding of New China was held in 1952. At that time, the illiteracy rate in China reached 80%. The party and the government organized literacy competitions, physical education and other national education activities among the broad masses of workers and peasants, and launched the first national literacy campaign.
At the same time, for the education of professional talents, the national unified entrance examination is implemented in all colleges and universities across the country. 1952 The first national unified college entrance examination was held on August 15, 16 and 17, lasting for three days. The following 1953, 1954, the college entrance examination is scheduled for August.
1 1 year from 1955 to 1965, the college entrance examination is in July, and the time is not fixed. For example, during the three-year period from 1955 to 1957, the college entrance examination time is from July 15 to 65438. 1959, 1960 changed to July 20-23, 19 1 changed to 1964 changed to July 15 changed to 17,/kloc-0.
1977, Deng Xiaoping presided over the resumption of the college entrance examination after his comeback, and the college entrance examination was held at the end of 1977. 1978 The college entrance examination returned to July and was held from July 20th to 23rd. 1979 to 2002 The college entrance examination was held from July 7th to 9th.
Since the reform and opening up, from 1979 to 2002, the college entrance examination has been held steadily from July 7 to 9 (except that 1983 was held from July 15 to July 17). In 2003, the college entrance examination was changed from July 7, 8 and 9 to June 7, 8 and 9. This year, after a lapse of 17 years, the college entrance examination was held again on July 7th for the first time. The main reason is to change for the prevention and control of epidemic situation, which embodies the old adage of "know when it changes, know when it changes".