Nature is different from:

1. Education Bureau: formulated in accordance with the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Organizational Establishment Committee.

2. Education Committee: The predecessor of the Ministry of Education is the State Education Committee.

Responsibility is different from:

1, Education Bureau: The Ministry of Education is the government department in charge of education and language work.

2. Education Committee: formulate specific policies, decrees and rules and regulations related to education according to national policies, supervise and inspect their implementation, investigate and study, and summarize and exchange experiences; Formulate and revise the national education development plan (plan), financial plan and capital construction plan, and check the financial management of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and schools directly under the central government.