Vice-ministerial colleges and universities, also known as secondary colleges and universities, are directly managed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Municipal Bureau of * * *, and their positions of Party Secretary and President are listed in the list of central management cadres of CPC Bureau of * * *, and they are middle-level cadres. The Party Secretary and Dean of China Management College are all vice ministers. The strength of these universities is also top-notch, all of which are 985 universities. The presidents, secretaries and other senior leaders of these universities are jointly appointed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, rather than appointed by national ministries or provincial people's governments.

? Vice-ministerial universities are the folk names of universities directly under the central government. Generally speaking, domestic public undergraduate universities are all department-level units. Some of these colleges and universities are recognized by the central government because of their own strength, and their party secretary and president are appointed as deputy ministerial level and directly managed by the central government. The executive deputy secretaries and vice presidents of these universities are all at the official level. The following is a list of vice-ministerial universities in various regions.