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Resistance to the gaokao reform plan is almost inevitable, because it will challenge the interests of metropolises and economically developed regions that currently occupy a greater part of quality education resources. Fortunately, those who drafted the plan have given a clear schedule for its implementation, which symbolizes their determination to push the reform forward.

jmnews.cn, Sept 8

Fairness is the core value of education, as well as a most essential objective of the reform. Only a reform that promotes fairness could rally enough support from the society. The new reform plan might not satisfy everybody but it will definitely lead to a more balanced allocation of education resources.

people.com.cn, Sept 7

The plan has reformed many mechanisms of the gaokao, but without breaking government departments' monopoly on the enrollment of students. Therefore the pressure on students to pass the entrance exam will continue - until the day when colleges can freely decide which students they admit.

Xiong Bingqi, vice-president of 21st Century Education Research Institute, China Business Journal, Sept 6

Opinions differ on the gaokao reform plan and some are directly against each other. It will be a long process to draft and edit the rules so that they can be generally accepted, which requires education departments to be serious with every decision they make, as millions of students' destinies will be involved.

Information Times, Sept 7

The gaokao used to be an opportunity for those at the bottom of society to change their fate. However, the fact is, increasingly fewer students from a poor background have entered top universities over the past decade, which means the gaps in society are widening. The reform should curb this trend and defend social justice.

cnhubei.com, Sept 6

The new plan marks an important step forward for reform of the gaokao, with many more steps to follow. How to balance academic performances and other skills? How to promote social justice in the gaokao? How to judge a student comprehensively? All these questions are waiting and only further reforms will be able to answer them.

ccgnews.com, Sept 7