Private non-academic colleges and universities refer to private colleges and universities that have been approved by the administrative department of education and renewed their licenses for running private schools in accordance with the Law on the Promotion of Private Education in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Private Education in People's Republic of China (PRC). [ 1]

Enterprises, institutions, social organizations, other social organizations and individual citizens mainly use non-state financial education funds to organize full-time higher education for more than two years (including two years), carry out higher self-study exams and implement higher vocational and technical training, but private non-academic institutions of higher learning that do not have the qualification to issue academic diplomas, namely private non-academic institutions of higher learning and private non-academic institutions of higher education. Refers to all kinds of non-academic institutions of higher learning such as training, further education, counseling and tutoring. Organized by social organizations or individuals other than state institutions and using non-state financial funds. The teaching content belongs to the level of higher education, but it does not have the qualification to issue the national higher education certificate. [ 1]