It's the latest effort to try and relieve pressure on parents and students in a highly competitive education system.
Students used to be required to take exams from the first year of primary school, up until a university entrance exam at the age of 18.
But the education ministry said the pressure is harming the "physical and mental health" of pupils.
In a statement, the ministry said: "Exams are a necessary part of school education.... [but] some schools have problems like excessive exams, that cause excessive burden on students...this must be corrected."
The rules also limits the number of test and exams a school can set per term.
China bans exams for six-year-old school children
The education ministry says excessive exams are affecting the physical and mental health of pupils.
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Let me take the written exam if old.