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)

《北京日报》报道，在今年夏季高考中，考生被要求，除外语科目外，“一律用现行规范汉语言文字答卷”。

教育部这项规章意味着考生将被禁止使用繁体字，也杜绝了极个别考生使用甲骨文答卷的现象。