Qu Sentinel, director of the Municipal Education Bureau, said that according to the overall situation of vocational colleges in Guangzhou and the wishes of all colleges, 24 colleges including 6 vocational colleges in Guangzhou, 12 secondary vocational schools and 6 technical colleges and the public training and appraisal base for high-skilled talents in Guangzhou will move into Guangzhou Education City, while retaining 2 "3+2" five-year schools and 2 vocational cooperative schools. The first and second phases of Guangzhou Education City are controlled at 10 square kilometers.

Combined with the urgency of the development of some vocational colleges in Guangzhou and the principle of intensive land use and moderate promotion, the initial budget of the first phase of Education City (to 20 15) accommodates a total of students 127800, and the total land demand is about 10408 mu (about 6.9 square kilometers); The second phase (by 2020) will accommodate a total of 207,700 students, and the demand for development land is about 15729 mu (about 10.5 square kilometers).