1. The subjects who make educational laws and regulations and educational policies are different. Education laws and regulations are formulated by state power organs and state administrative organs in accordance with legal procedures, and education policies can be formulated by political parties, state legislatures and state administrative organs.

2. Education laws and regulations and education policies are implemented in different ways.

3. Educational laws and policies have different normative effects. The normative effect of education policy is complicated. The educational policies formulated by the state legislature and the state administrative organs are universally binding, while the normative effect of the educational policies formulated by the political party organs is only effective for the political party organizations and their party member.

4. The adjustment and application scope of educational laws and policies are different.

5. The nature of the problems to be solved by educational laws and policies is different.