A: Vocational training, also known as vocational skill training or vocational technical training, refers to an educational activity aimed at cultivating and improving workers' vocational skills according to social vocational needs and workers' employment wishes and conditions and according to certain standards. The relationship between vocational training and general education is as follows: general education and vocational education together constitute the main body of the national education system, both of which aim at cultivating and improving people's talents and cultural and technical level and belong to intellectual development activities. General education is the foundation of vocational education, and vocational education is the extension and specialization of general education.

As a form of vocational education, the difference between vocational training and general education lies in (1) different objects. The latter is aimed at non-social workers, mainly young people and teenagers, but also includes some elderly people or adults who receive some education according to their interests (they will not engage in this profession after graduation); The former is aimed at social workers. (2) Different goals. The goal of the latter is to generally improve the quality of the people, usually by educating the labor reserve team, which indirectly affects the formation of labor ability; The former directly aims at the development of professional ability. (3) Different in nature. The latter is conventional education, which is basic, comprehensive and systematic; The former is special education, which is selective, unitary and practical (emphasizing operational skills to meet some practical needs). (4) Different forms. The latter is a school education with a fixed academic system; The former is mostly an informal training activity. Although it includes some forms of school education, a large number of training forms are flexible and diverse.