From premier to researcher: Famous people who sat gaokao 40 years ago
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| Yu Minhong, CEO of New Oriental Education, gives a speech to inspire gaokao candidates in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province in 2010. [Photo/VCG] |
Yu Minhong is from a rural area in East China's Jiangsu province. He sat gaokao in 1978 and 1979 but failed to be admitted by college. But his continuous efforts finally helped him reach Peking University after his third attempt in 1980.
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