Tradition, tech add life to admission letters

XI'AN - As the summer sun pushes the mercury to record highs, millions of high school graduates in China are anxiously waiting for parcels to deliver their college dreams.

Zhu Yanguo, 18, from Yulin, a city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, couldn't wait to get his entrance ticket to university life.

His dream letter, from Shaanxi Normal University, finally arrived recently. In the letter, his name, major subject as well as the orientation date were all handwritten in neat Chinese script.