International schools usually refer to schools that provide mother tongue education for foreign nationals living in their own countries, and some also recruit domestic students.

International schools refer to schools that follow the education system of foreigners' home countries and provide mother tongue education for foreigners.

In recent years, it has developed into a school that can also provide foreign education models for domestic students. Generally speaking, an International School (English: International School) is a school that provides secondary education and below, with a considerable proportion of foreign students and a foreign academic system. Although the term "international school" does not appear in the education law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China), there are still a series of schools that meet the above definition.

Schools for children of diplomats According to the Interim Provisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Education Commission of the People's Republic of China on the Establishment of Schools for Children of Embassy Staff by Foreign Embassies in China (1 987.91), embassies in China can set up schools for children of embassy staff. After that, consulates in China outside Beijing were also allowed to register their children's schools with reference to the Interim Provisions. Therefore, in later government documents, such schools were collectively referred to as diplomatic children's schools.