Colleges and universities should make it clear that labor education mainly depends on courses, of which the undergraduate stage is not less than 32 hours. Ordinary colleges and universities in China refer to schools with ordinary higher education under the supervision or joint supervision of national ministries, provincial people's governments (including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) and provincial (city, district) education administrative departments.

The enrollment methods of ordinary colleges and universities mainly include: all ordinary colleges and universities have passed the national unified enrollment examination for doctoral and master students, the national unified enrollment examination for ordinary colleges and universities organized by the Ministry of Education and provincial education administrative departments, the spring college entrance examination for some provinces and cities, the separate enrollment examination for higher vocational colleges, and the entrance examination for upgrading ordinary higher education.

Ordinary institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutions undertaking postgraduate education include: universities (including vocational universities and vocational technical universities), colleges (including vocational colleges and vocational technical colleges), independent colleges and junior colleges. Universities, junior colleges and independent colleges mainly implement higher education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; Vocational and technical colleges, vocational colleges and junior colleges mainly implement higher education at the specialist level.

By May 3, 2022, there will be 2,759 ordinary institutions of higher learning in China, including undergraduate 1270 and higher vocational 1489 (excluding institutions of higher learning in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).