An average of 10 million Chinese high-school students take university entrance exams each year. Before 2002, the acceptance rate was only 13 %. For 2007-2008, the rate has climbed to 23 %. Yet only 2.3 million can win a spot, so competition is fierce.
大陸平均一年約有一千萬名高中學子參加高考，2002 年之前，錄取率只有 13 %，這兩年增加到 23 %，但也只有 230 萬人可以擠進學士窄門，戰況激烈。