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What is continuing education?
Legal analysis: Continuing education is an educational activity for all members of society, especially adults, after school education, and it is an important part of lifelong learning system.

Continuing education refers to all kinds of education received by people who leave formal education, take part in work and have adult responsibilities. It is an advanced supplementary education for professional and technical personnel to update, supplement, expand and improve their abilities.

Continuing education is a special form of education, mainly to update, supplement, expand and improve the knowledge and skills of professional and technical personnel, further improve the knowledge structure, and improve creativity and professional and technical level.

Legal basis: Article 41 of the Education Law of the People's Republic of China. Employees have the right and obligation to receive vocational training and continuing education according to law.

State organs, enterprises, institutions and other social organizations shall provide conditions and convenience for the study and training of their employees.