If I chose Japanese as a foreign language in high school, will it have any impact on going to college?

“If you choose Japanese as a foreign language in high school, you can only learn Japanese in the future. Going to college will still have a certain impact, because college requires learning English.”

Ordinary colleges and universities The National Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges, referred to as the "College Entrance Examination", is a test for qualified high school graduates or candidates with equivalent academic ability in the People's Republic of China and the country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) Participate in the selection examination.

Ordinary colleges and universities select the best based on candidates’ scores, determined enrollment plans, and comprehensive evaluation of morality, intelligence, and physical fitness. The college entrance examination is uniformly scheduled by the Ministry of Education, and the examination questions are prescribed by the Ministry of Education Examination Center or provincial education examination institutes that implement independent propositions. The examination dates are from June 7 to June 10 every year. If the names of the examination subjects in each province and city are the same as those of the national unified examination, they must be consistent with the national unified examination time schedule.

The college entrance examination is not the only way for Chinese citizens to obtain diplomas. There are also adult college entrance examinations, self-study examinations and other ways. The academic qualifications obtained are all nationally recognized qualifications.

Starting from 2015, the college entrance examination will gradually cancel 6 bonus points items such as sports specialties and Olympiads. In 2019, the Ministry of Education strictly prohibited the promotion of "college entrance examination champion" and "college entrance examination admission rate", strengthened the management of middle school college entrance examination slogans, and resolutely put an end to any hype about the college entrance examination