Vocational education is to train the educated to have the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in a certain occupation, so vocational education is also called vocational and technical education or industrial education. Vocational education is one of the four major education departments alongside basic education, higher education and adult education. Such as pre-job training for employees, re-employment training for laid-off workers, and vocational school education in various vocational high schools, technical secondary schools and technical schools. All belong to vocational education. The purpose of vocational education is to cultivate applied talents with a certain cultural level and professional skills.

Vocational education is the product of social development, the product of human civilization development, and also the product of people's own development and the product of development in a special period. Vocational education benefits from society, and society can also benefit from vocational education. Promoting social development is the proper meaning and sacred duty of vocational education.