There are four main forms of adult continuing education qualifications, namely, higher education self-study examination (self-taught examination), online education (distance education), adult college entrance examination (full-time, amateur, correspondence) and open university (former modern distance open education of Radio and TV University).

Adult college entrance examination qualifications are electronically registered in the Ministry of Education and incorporated into the national academic certificate certification system, which can be queried online. Enterprises, administrative units and institutions all highly recognize the qualification of the joint entrance examination, which can be used for various important purposes, such as job hunting, civil service examination, postgraduate examination, various professional qualifications examination, promotion and salary increase, job title evaluation, household registration transfer, study abroad and so on.