On this day, 48 years ago, on October 21, 1977 (September 9, 1977, the National Work Conference on the Reform of the College Admission System was held. Resumption of the college entrance examination On October 21, 1977, major media in China announced the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination and revealed that this year's college entrance examination will be held nationwide in a month. 1977 Admission Certificate On October 21, 1977, the Ministry of Education held a national college enrollment conference in Beijing. This meeting decided and approved by the State Council to reform the enrollment system of colleges and universities starting from 1977. In the future, we will implement the principle of comprehensive evaluation of morality, intelligence and physical education and the principle of merit admission. We will adopt the method of voluntary registration, unified examination, municipal and local primary elections, school admission, and approval by provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. Compared with the enrollment method of "voluntary registration, recommendation by the masses, approval by the leaders, and review by the school" during the "Cultural Revolution", this enrollment system has the following characteristics: First, the enrollment target is extensive. 2. The requirements for cultural level have increased. 3. Pay attention to cultural examinations, so that the quality of freshmen has been greatly improved. On October 21, the People's Daily published an editorial "Doing a good job in college enrollment is the hope of the people across the country", reporting this important news, which greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of young people for learning and formed a reading climax unseen in more than a decade. At the end of 1977, about 5.7 million young people across the country took the college entrance examination, and colleges and universities admitted 273,000 students on the basis of the best, improving the quality of new students. The restoration of the examination and admission system for college admissions is an important step in correcting order on the education front. It is of great significance to improving the quality of education and cultivating qualified talents needed for socialist modernization.