Top gaokao scorers dive into competitive work life

Report shows that those who do best go into management, engineering fields

Management, engineering and economics-related majors are favored most by top scorers in the gaokao, or national college entrance exam, a report has found.

The report, which was released by the Chinese Alumni Network on Wednesday, analyzed more than 3,000 top scorers on the test from 1952 to 2014. It was found that 68.63 percent of the group of excellent students favored majors widely recognized as the most competitive ones and that can bring the most material rewards.