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Tai Chi participants compete in a martial arts contest during the 17th Qinghai Province Games in Xining City, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 3, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Tianfu)

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Wei Yuncheng plays football after school near his home in Liuye Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Wei, a member of the Liuye Central Elementary School boys football team, said his dream is to one day leave his mountain home to explore the outside world by playing football well. The mountainous county, with a population of 400,000 people, is one the poorest in the region. (Photo: China News Service/Jiang Xuelin)

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Wei Yuncheng (2ndL) plays in a football match in Liuye Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

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Lan Yushan, the coach of the Liuye Central Elementary School boys football team, has inspired children to develop an interest in football and dream big in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Jiang Xuelin)

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Due to the success of the school's boys football team, Liuye Central Elementary School has also established a team for girls. A total 100 out of 800 pupils at the school play football in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Jiang Xuelin)

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Volunteers from a road construction project donated football uniforms to Liuye Central Elementary School in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Jiang Xuelin)

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Children skate during a figure skating contest in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

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A senior studies intently during a class at a high school in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, June 4, 2018. [Photo/IC]

In two days millions of Chinese students, most of whom were born in 2000, will sit for the national college entrance exam, or gaokao. Given that most of them were born at the turn of the new millennium, they are bound to attract attention. The exam is an important part of the country's talent selection process that has evolved over the 41 years since its restoration in 1977. So, what are the newest changes to the exam Generation Z will face this year?

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A group of students run a race at a high school in Southwest China's Chongqing on Nov 17, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

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Two contestants check their robot before a robot contest for teenagers held in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, April 21, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

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A mother and her daughter hang their blessing on trees to pray for good luck in the upcoming national college entrance exam, also known as gaokao, at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 3, 2018. [Photo/IC]

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Lightning flashes illuminate the sky over the skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in a rainstorm in Chongqing, China, April 5, 2018. [Photo/IC]

As the city is built on mountains, Chongqing has been nicknamed a "mountain city."

The integration of mountainous terrain and urban construction creates a special landscape here. When you drive on the roads in Chongqing, you see buildings above you on one side of the road and buildings below you on the other, as well a skyline of layer upon layer of buildings on mountains.

Chongqing also has another nickname, "furnace city", not only because of its scorching summers, but also its signature foods: spicy hotpot that enjoys a reputation nationwide as well as abroad in countries like Japan, the US, and Russia.

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A monorail train of Chongqing Light Rail runs through high-rise residential buildings in Chongqing, China, April 6, 2018. [Photo/IC]

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Aerial view of the Caiyuanba Bridge over the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China. [Photo/IC]

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Skyline of the Dongshuimen Yangtze River Bridge, leading to Yuzhong Peninsula with skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in Jiefangbei CBD, also known as Jiefangbei Commercial Walking Street, in Chongqing, China. [Photo/IC]

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Landscape of the Egongyan Bridge over the Yangtze River at night in Chongqing, China. [Photo/IC]

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Wang Chuqin in the fourth grade of Zhongguancun No.2 Primary School plays a little swan in the dance drama Wild Zebra. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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Stills from the dance drama Wild Zebra. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A special lane for phubbers who are busy with phones or mobile devices wherever they go has been built in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The one-meter-wide lane is said to improve safety for those who constantly lower their heads and gaze into the cellphones, but some citizens frown on the idea. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Ying)

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Ontario Provincial Police officers work at the site of a crash involving a tour bus carrying 37 Chinese tourists on Highway 401 West, near Prescott, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 2018. At least 24 people are in hospital, four with life-threatening injuries. A spokesman of the Chinese Embassy said that the embassy is in contact with the relevant Canadian authorities to verify the situation. (Photo/IC)

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Photos taken on June 4, 2018 shows passengers stranded because ships across the Qiongzhou Strait, between Hainan and Guangdong, were halted due to an approaching typhoon, the fourth one this year. Local weather authorities said the passenger ships could resume after June 8. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

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