Continuing education is an educational activity for all members of society, especially adults, after school education, and it is an important part of lifelong learning system. As the world economy and society put forward higher requirements for continuing education, the practice field of continuing education has been developing and the research scope has been expanding and deepening. In particular, the concept of lifelong education has been accepted by more and more people, and the position, function and methods of continuing education in the economy and society have been preliminarily understood and practiced, and the scientific research of continuing education has also made great progress.

Continuing education refers to all kinds of education received by people who leave formal education, take part in work and have adult responsibilities. It is an advanced supplementary education for professional and technical personnel to update, supplement, expand and improve their abilities. Continuing education is a form of education that appears at a certain historical stage when human society develops, and it is an important part of educational modernization. Today, with the rapid development of science and technology and the rise of knowledge economy, people pay more and more attention to continuing education, which plays an increasingly important role in the process of social development, especially in the formation of a learning society with all-people learning and lifelong learning.

Continuing education is a special form of education, mainly to update, supplement, expand and improve the knowledge and skills of professional and technical personnel, further improve the knowledge structure, and improve creativity and professional and technical level. In the era of knowledge economy, continuing education is the main way and basic means to develop human resources, and focusing on developing the potential ability of talents and improving the overall quality of the team is an important content of the construction of professional and technical teams. Judging from the time of continuing education in recent years, continuing education has attracted more and more attention and participation, and the concept of continuing education is also deepening and expanding.