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Research on China?s National College Entrance Examination (the Gaokao) About this report This report aims to explain to Australian international education providers, peak bodies and government, how China?s National College Entrance Examination system works in practice – and identifies opportunities to streamline the admission of high performing undergraduate students from China. Australian Education International commissioned Strategy Policy and Research in Education Limited, .hk (SPRE Limited), an Australian owned company in Hong Kong, to carry out this research in 2009. SPRE Limited allocated its Australian Director, Alan Olsen to the report. The research in China was carried out by Cathryn Hlavka, an Australian living and working in China. There was enormous support for this research initiative by the Chinese officials and the institutions visited during this research. Acknowledgments are due to officials and personnel from: Ministry of Education; Beijing Provincial Education Examination Authority; Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Shanghai Municipal Education Examination Authority; Shanghai University, Student Admission Office; Fudan University Student Admission Office; Jiangsu Provincial Education Examination Authority; Guangdong Provincial Education Examination Authority; Middle School attached to the Southeast Normal University, Guangzhou; Guangdong University of Technology, Student Admissions Office who were all extremely generous in their explanations and willingness to provide details and open opinions on all aspects of the Gaokao, including insights on the future directions of education reform in China. The 38 university members of Universities Australia were generous in their contribution of views to the study in a series of one-on-one discussions about this research. Page 1 Research on China?s National College Entrance Examination (the Gaokao) Copyright notice ?