Jilin Radio and TV University is an adult college founded in 1979. Administratively, it is managed by Jilin Municipal People's Government, and academic education is guided by National Open University (formerly Central Radio and TV University). The extended information school is run at the provincial, city and county levels, and its educational function covers the whole province's urban and rural areas. There are 9 city (state) branches (including Changbai Mountain Management Committee branch), 34 county-level branches (workstations), 3 directly affiliated colleges and/kloc-0 secondary specialized schools. The provincial headquarters is not only a school-running entity, but also has the functions of running a school, teaching guidance and management of the whole province's RTVU system, and undertakes the public service function of social distance education and the tasks of continuing education and community education.