Legal analysis: state recognition. But there is no public social recognition. There are only two kinds of certificates recognized by the state: one is the certificate issued by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and its affiliated institutions; The other is the certificate issued by the Ministry of Education and its affiliated universities and colleges.

Legal basis: Article 280 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever forges, alters, buys or sells or steals, seizes or destroys official documents, certificates and seals of state organs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Whoever forges the seals of companies, enterprises, institutions or people's organizations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined.

Whoever forges, alters or buys or sells identity cards, passports, social security cards, driver's licenses and other documents that can be used to prove identity according to law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.