The present situation and problems of part-time postgraduate education in China. The initial part-time postgraduate education in China is called "on-the-job personnel apply for a degree with the same academic ability as graduate students" (hereinafter referred to as equivalent academic ability). In order to ensure the quality of degree awarding, the early equivalent academic ability often adopts the way of studying with full-time graduate students.
Many postgraduate training institutions have organized some postgraduate courses to prepare for on-the-job employees to apply for degree courses. The establishment of professional degrees has changed the situation that the types and specifications of degrees in China are single, and opened up the way for on-the-job personnel to receive formal postgraduate education, which is an important content in the reform of postgraduate education in China.