A candidate of Shandong University of Art and Desgin sits for painting examination at Jinan Shungeng International Exhibition Center in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 20, 2013. More than 100,000 students applied for the entrance examination of China's art colleges in Shandong Province this year, up about 10 percent as compared to the number of last year. [Xinhua]