In 2025, the first year of reducing the burden of the high school entrance examination.

This year, many places have reformed the high school entrance examination, with highlights including a reduction in the number of exam subjects, an increase in the value of physical education, and some subjects being open-book exams. This year is the first year of the implementation of the new high school entrance examination in Beijing. Compared with 2024, the number of unified exam subjects included in the new examination has been reduced to 6, and the total score has been adjusted from 670 to 510. The subject of ethics and the rule of law is being tested in an open-book format for the first time. Han Baojiang, deputy researcher at the Beijing Institute of Education Sciences, introduced that the scoring subjects for the high school entrance examination in Beijing have been reduced from 10 to 6, the examination time has been shortened from 3 days to 2 days, and mechanical memorization and repetitive training have been drastically reduced, significantly reducing the pressure and input for preparation.