据1997年11月8日《杨子晚报》第4315期报道：日前国家教委党组召开专门会议，讨论高考改革问题，此举昭示社会各界议论多时的高考改革，已经正式摆到了决策者的面前。据此后国家教委一位负责人向新闻界谈到高考改革时所透露的内容，目前初步确定的一个改革方案是考试科目的修正 According to No. 4315 of the Yangzi Evening News of November 8, 1997, the National Party Committee of the State Education Commission held a special meeting to discuss the reform of the college entrance examination. This move shows that the reform of the college entrance examination that has been discussed by various circles of the society has been put in front of the decision makers. Afterwards, a person in charge of the State Education Commission spoke to the press about what was disclosed during the reform of the college entrance examination. A reform plan that has been initially established is a revision of the examination subjects.