Students to take this summer's college entrance exams are required to write their answers in "contemporarily standard Chinese language," with the only exception for exams on foreign languages, Beijing Daily reported.

The Ministry of Education regulation means students will not be allowed to use traditional Chinese characters, or, in some extreme cases, oracles, in their answer sheets.

(China.org.cn May 17, 2012)

《北京日報》報道，在今年夏季高考中，考生被要求，除外語科目外，“一律用現行規范漢語言文字答卷”。

教育部這項規章意味著考生將被禁止使用繁體字，也杜絕了極個別考生使用甲骨文答卷的現象。