A grade one pupil looks for her classroom at the Beijing No. 2 Experimental Primary School in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday. [Xinhua]

A grade one pupil poses for the photographer as she walks into the Beijing No. 2 Experimental Primary School in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday. [Xinhua]

 Children play on the ground at a kindergarten in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday. [Xinhua]

Pupils salute during the national flag raising ceremony for the begining of a new term at the Xingxian Elemantary School in the Yucheng District of Ya'an City in the quake-hit Sichuan Province, southwest China, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday. [Xinhua]

Children play on the ground at a kindergarten in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 1, 2008. Middle schools and primary schools started the new semester in China on Monday. [Xinhua]