China’s national college entrance exam, known as gaokao, will be held on June 7-9 with 9.75 million students sitting the crucial test that will determine their future. To help students destress, Hengshui No 2 High School in north China’s Hebei Province, organized an event attended by the students, their family and the teachers. /VCG Photo

Students and teachers, in red T-shirts, held banners and flags, and chanted slogans as they ran around the campus. /VCG Photo

On the placards, the students wrote slogans like “we will win” or indicated their dream university. /VCG photo

In China, most of the students have to endure years of stress and preparation for the final school exam gaokao. For them, an excellent performance on the exam means more than a ticket to a top university, but also bright careers in the future. /VCG Photo