The purpose of education in China is to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability, and to cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with "ideals, morality, culture and discipline" and all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty. The purpose of education is different from the training objectives and professional training specifications. The purpose of education is the general requirement of all levels and types of education for personnel training standards, while the training objectives and professional training specifications are the specific requirements of a certain level and category of education or a certain major.

The aim and basic spirit of education in China at present 1999. In June, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council promulgated the Decision on Deepening Education Reform and Promoting Quality Education in an All-round Way, proposing that education should focus on cultivating students' innovative spirit and practical ability, and cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty. This expression of educational purpose embodies the characteristics of the times and reflects the basic spirit of educational purpose in China at this stage: 1. The people we want to train are builders and successors of the socialist cause, and we should adhere to the unity of ideological, political and moral quality and scientific and cultural knowledge and ability. We require students to develop morally, intellectually and physically in an all-round way, and insist on the harmonious development of mental and physical labor. 3. Adapt to the requirements of the development of the times, emphasize the development of students' personality, and cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability.