Hit TV series inspired from iconic photo

In July 2020, Luo Xin, a student at Changsha No 1 High School, celebrated the ending of the national college entrance exam with a split leap. The moment was snapped by a photographer, which quickly went viral online.

This photo, which is widely deemed to symbolize Chinese youngsters' optimistic spirit toward finishing the exam amid the pandemic, has inspired the TV series The Examination for Everyone.

Initiated by National Radio and Television Administration, the TV series, which recently concluded its first run, held a symposium in Beijing, attracting major creators and some experts.

Gao Changli, head of the TV program department with the administration, said a total of 16 meetings were organized to discuss the creation details and they finally decided to depict a "positive, amiable and lovely" group of youngsters set in a county.

Centering on six families, the TV series was shot in 64 days before it took another 81 days to finish postproduction, which is more efficient than most domestic dramas, according to Wang Xiaohui, the chief executive producer.