Quanzhou city in East China's Fujian province saw 44,387 students participate in this year's national college entrance examination, or gaokao, on July 7 and 8.

The city has established 48 test sites for the exam, with 1,493 test rooms, distributed across 12 counties, county-level cities and districts.

Candidates walk into a test site at a high school in Quanzhou on July 7 to take their gaokao. [Photo/qzwb.com]

In order to ensure road traffic safety around test sites during gaokao, the city's public security and traffic police departments have taken a number of measures to strengthen management of the roads around each site.

Students should have their temperatures checked and wear masks before entering test sites. [Photo/qzwb.com]

The honking of motor vehicle horns is prohibited to prevent noise from affecting the candidates' tests.

Vehicles used by candidates or those transporting test papers have priority to travel through.

A traffic policeman guides a vehicle on July 7. [Photo/qzwb.com]

In order to facilitate candidates' applications for resident ID cards in 2020, the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department has launched a green channel for the resident ID cards of gaokao candidates.

Since the start of this year, public security organizations at all levels in Quanzhou have issued 43,709 resident ID cards for students, which has provided a service guarantee for candidates to participate in the examination.