Thousands wave goodbye to Gaokao students in east China

A double-decker carrying students from this year's Gaokao leaves the gate of Maotanchang Middle School and makes its way through thousands of parents and family members in Lu'an, east China's Anhui Province on June 5, 2018. Students from the school are traveling to a location 50 kilometers away to sit the Gaokao scheduled for June 7 and 8. Gaokao is the national college entrance exam in China which started in 1952. [Photo: IC]