SHANGHAI - With the advent of the annual national college entrance examination on Tuesday and Wednesday, large numbers businesses are enjoying boom times.

In Shanghai, many hotels are renting out special rooms to students who are sitting the exam this year.

At the Xujiahui branch of the hotel chain Home Inns, which is close to a testing site at Nan Yang High School, a staff member told China Daily that rooms are being let to test takers at a rate of 168 yuan ($26) for five hours.