A: Vocational basic education, also known as vocational school education, is isomorphic with vocational training and constitutes the main part of the vocational education system. It is a form of vocational education between general education and vocational training. Compared with vocational training, the main differences are:

(1) The content is different. The latter emphasizes the teaching of professional basic knowledge, or pays equal attention to professional basic knowledge and operational skills, and is comprehensive and systematic; The former focuses on the teaching of operational skills, mainly aiming at the specific requirements of a post for training. (2) Different in nature. The latter is academic education, with a fixed academic system, which issues academic certificates to those who have completed the prescribed courses and passed the examination; The former is non-academic education, and the academic system is not fixed. Those who pass the examination will be issued with a training certificate. (3) Different forms. The latter is the conventional education in schools, that is, it is implemented by vocational schools and ordinary schools in a conventional teaching way; The former is unconventional education (including non-school education) with different forms, which are mostly implemented by vocational training institutions, and some schools implement unconventional teaching. (4) Different management systems. The latter is mainly managed by the administrative department of education, and some can also be included in the general education system; The former is mainly managed by the labor administrative department and only included in the vocational education management system.