The Beijing 2024 high school entrance examination, or zhongkao, began on Monday. This year, a total of 109,500 students have registered for the test. The city has set up 18 examination districts, 226 examination sites, and 3,828 examination rooms. At the examination sites in Gucheng Middle School, Shijingshan Experimental Middle School, and the Affiliated School of North China University of Technology in Shijingshan District, students completed the Chinese exam on Monday morning. (Photo: Li Hao/GT)