General education has the characteristics of universality, commonality, foundation, extensiveness, comprehensiveness, subjectivity and profundity.

General education is a kind of education. The goal of this kind of education is to provide the educated with knowledge and values that are popular among different people in modern pluralistic society.

General education should promote professional education, and should not be understood as "non-professional" education as opposed to professional education.

General education aims to cultivate their extensive basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that are necessary for them to actively participate in social life, have a sense of social responsibility and become all-round people. General education is also called liberal education, liberal education.

General education is essentially an education to understand the spirit of free culture, and the spirit of freedom, independence and pursuit of Excellence advocated by it is an important basis for university cultural innovation. General education carries educational and cultural functions, and its primary essence is to pursue the spirit of freedom and cultivate ideal personality.

The purpose of general education is to cultivate sound individuals and citizens in a free society. "The idea of general education in universities should be to cultivate high-level civilized education and complete human education with broad vision, knowledge, liberal arts spirit and good feelings"; General education aims to instill in students the attitude and understanding of good citizens, and so on. General education is an education that pays attention to the harmonious development of human life, morality, emotion and reason.