China's higher education qualifications are divided into five categories: general higher education, adult higher education, higher education self-study examination, open education of RTVU and distance network education.
Higher education is a professional education based on the completion of secondary education and a social activity to train senior professionals. (Note: The above is the definition of higher education in China)
General higher education is a professional education based on the completion of secondary education, and it is the main social activity to train senior professionals. Ordinary institutions of higher learning refer to public undergraduate universities, independent colleges, private universities, vocational and technical colleges and junior colleges that have passed the unified entrance examination for ordinary colleges and universities nationwide and implemented higher education with ordinary high school graduates as the main training targets. According to the different batches of college entrance examination, undergraduate courses are also divided into one, two and three, but they all belong to the same level, the same level (that is, undergraduate education level). At the same time, undergraduate courses are divided into "key undergraduate colleges" and "ordinary undergraduate colleges". "Key undergraduate colleges" and "ordinary undergraduate colleges" only focus on differences, and there is no essential difference. The former focuses on theoretical research, while the latter focuses on theoretical practical application. General higher education refers to the academic education that mainly recruits high school graduates for full-time study. It is one of the most authoritative measures of "China Higher Education Training Plan" and the main measure of "China Higher Education High-level Talents Training Plan".
The differences between China's higher education reserve and the cadre training plan in undergraduate school-running level (subordinate, provincial and municipal), undergraduate school-running system and nature (public and private), the differences in undergraduate tuition fees determined by the school-running system, and the similarities and differences in graduation certificates (one, two and three) have nothing to do with the level of undergraduate colleges and the level of "academic qualifications and diplomas". Therefore, the undergraduate degrees and diplomas of the first, second and third universities are the same, but the emphasis is different. Key undergraduate universities (985, 2 1 1 universities) focus on theoretical research, while ordinary undergraduate universities (ordinary first, second and third universities) focus on theoretical application. China's high-level talents training plan will promote the development of higher education system reform. Higher education in 2 1 century means that key undergraduate students emphasize research and ordinary undergraduate students emphasize application.