1977, the college entrance examination system in China, which was interrupted for ten years due to the Cultural Revolution, was restored. Expanded the entrance threshold of higher education (1966- 1976 was recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers to go to college). 1977 In September, the Ministry of Education of China held a national conference on the enrollment of ordinary colleges and universities in Beijing, and decided to resume the national college entrance examination, which had been interrupted for more than ten years, and select talents to go to universities by unified examination and merit-based admission.

This turning-point national conference on college enrollment decided that the enrollment targets for resuming the college entrance examination are: workers and peasants, educated youth going to the countryside and returning home, demobilized soldiers, cadres and fresh high school graduates. The meeting also decided that priority will be given to key institutions when enrolling students. Medical colleges, teachers' colleges and universities of agricultural sciences should pay attention to recruiting barefoot doctors, private teachers and agricultural science and technology activists with good performance respectively. ? Students are uniformly distributed by the state after graduation.

Restore the background of the college entrance examination;

1977 10 2 1, major domestic media announced the resumption of the college entrance examination, and revealed that this year's college entrance examination will be held nationwide in one month. Different from the past practice, the 1977 college entrance examination was held not in summer, but in winter, and more than 5.7 million people took the exam. Although less than 300,000 students were admitted according to the conditions of running a school at that time, it inspired thousands of people to pick up books again and join the army of reading.

With the resumption of the college entrance examination system, China's talent training has re-entered the track of healthy development. It is understood that in the 20 years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, more than 100000 college graduates and nearly 600000 graduate students from ordinary colleges and universities have taken up their jobs in China.

Significance: 1977 Restoring the college entrance examination system not only changed the fate of several generations, but also laid a good foundation for the development and take-off of China in the new period and beyond, which not only has far-reaching historical significance, but also has great practical significance.