High school belongs to secondary education. Secondary education is a continuing education based on primary education. All kinds of schools that implement secondary education are secondary schools, mainly full-time general secondary schools, as well as secondary vocational schools, secondary specialized schools, secondary normal schools, secondary technical schools, vocational secondary schools, adult secondary schools, vocational high schools and adult high schools.

Seniorhighschool is short for high school. Middle schools in China are divided into junior high schools and senior high schools (generally referred to as junior high schools and senior high schools), both of which belong to the category of secondary education. Senior high school is a higher education institution after the end of nine-year compulsory education in China. It connects junior high school and university, and generally has a three-year system, that is, senior one, senior two and senior three.

China's high school education includes: ordinary high schools, ordinary secondary specialized schools, adult high schools, vocational high schools, intermediate technical schools, vocational secondary specialized schools and secondary normal schools.