Core Viewpoint - The new college entrance examination in Henan province introduces changes in the admission policies for art majors, including the categorization of programs and the structure of admission batches [1][2] Group 1: Admission Categories - The art major admissions in Henan will be divided into seven categories: music, dance, performance, broadcasting and hosting, fine arts and design, calligraphy, and traditional opera [1] - Traditional opera will be implemented through inter-provincial examinations, while other categories will have provincial-level professional examinations [1] Group 2: Admission Batches and Volunteer Options - The admission process will follow a sequence of early batch, undergraduate batch, and vocational (specialized) batch [1] - The early batch for art undergraduates includes institutions and programs that use school examination results, while the undergraduate batch includes those that use provincial examination results [1] Group 3: Volunteer Application Structure - The number of volunteer options has been expanded, with the early batch allowing for 1 institution choice, 4 program choices, and an option for professional adjustment [2] - Both the undergraduate and vocational batches will implement parallel volunteer options, each allowing for 64 "program + institution" choices without professional adjustment options [2] Group 4: Scoring and Admission Rules - The comprehensive score calculation for art students differs between undergraduate and vocational levels, with five methods available for undergraduate admissions based on the weighting of cultural and professional scores [2] - For vocational level admissions, the comprehensive score will be calculated as 50% cultural score and 50% professional score [2]