According to the Measures for the Administration of Private Schools in Shenzhen issued by Shenzhen Education Bureau, private schools refer to schools established by natural persons, legal persons or other organizations according to law to provide preschool education, compulsory education, senior high school education, vocational education and adult education. Shenzhen Southern Qingfeng Vocational Skills Training School is a school providing vocational education, which is clearly marked as a private school in official website. Therefore, it can be determined that Shenzhen Southern Qingfeng Vocational Skills Training is a private school.

Compared with public schools, private schools usually have more flexible curriculum and more personalized teaching methods, but the tuition fees are higher.