2019 postgraduate entrance exam begins

A staff member checks the admission tickets of the attendees for the national postgraduate entrance exam at Sichuan University in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 22, 2018. A total of 2.9 million Chinese will sit the entrance exam for postgraduate studies from Dec. 22 to 24, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoyu)