It enrolls new students for Junior One (初一 chū-yī) on the basis of competitive selection from across the city.

After they finish the junior level, most continue their study except those who are not suitable for further development as foreign language students.

[citation needed] Therefore:[citation needed] The average total score, excellence rate and the assessment index for teaching quality came out at the top in the city's Junior Secondary School Graduation Examination.

The school's excellence rate in the Provincial Senior Secondary School Graduation Examination matched first-rate[citation needed] Since 1988, the average proportion of students entering universities or colleges has been above 85%.

A graduate in 2000 got first place in the college-entrance examination instituted for students of liberal arts in Fujian Province.