The inspector is responsible for the inspection and supervision of the school work of the educational administrative organs. The people's governments at all levels set up education supervision offices, and the inspector is the director of the education supervision office, which is generally equivalent to the deputy education department of the people's government at the same level or at the next lower level. It also refers to the personnel employed by the government in accordance with legal procedures to supervise, inspect, guide and evaluate educational work in accordance with educational laws and regulations.

From the administrative level, inspectors include state inspectors and local inspectors. According to professional attributes, inspectors are divided into full-time inspectors, part-time inspectors and invited inspectors.