There is no difference. Both the diploma and the degree certificate say "Yunnan University of Finance and Economics", but the training emphasis is different. The former (China Vocational College) is an applied undergraduate, focusing on cultivating practical ability. Taking classes in Chenggong campus has a slightly lower admission score and higher tuition fees. The latter is an ordinary undergraduate, attending classes at the school headquarters, with high admission scores, and tuition fees are charged according to the standards of ordinary colleges and universities.

Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (YNUFE), referred to as "Cai Yun University" for short, was founded in 195 1 and is located on the Panlong River in Kunming, the spring city. The key universities in Yunnan Province, the overall construction universities of high-level universities in Yunnan Province, the national key organizations of social practice activities for college students, the national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and the China government scholarship receiving institution for foreign students in China are high-level teaching and research universities with a long history of running schools and distinctive financial and economic characteristics, with economic management as the main body and nine disciplines such as law, philosophy, literature, science, engineering and art infiltrating and developing in a coordinated way.

Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, formerly known as Yunnan Finance Cadre School, was founded in 195 1. Yunnan Institute of Finance and Trade 198 1 was established and started full-time undergraduate education; 1998 merged with Yunnan Economic Management Cadre College; 1995 was identified as a provincial key university by the Yunnan provincial government; In 2006, it was renamed Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, which is the most concentrated comprehensive university in Yunnan Province, covering doctoral and master's programs in economic management.