Because Zhejiang University is a vice-ministerial system directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and directly under the central government, that is to say, Zhejiang University itself is a vice-ministerial system, and its president is a vice-ministerial system. According to the classification of "ranks of cadres in China", the party and government posts in universities at the vice-ministerial level also belong to the vice-ministerial level, and Zhejiang University is the vice-ministerial level, because it is a university, especially one directly under the Ministry of Education and the central government.

3 1 Institute of Vice-ministerial Universities:

Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Renmin University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, China Agricultural University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China University of Science and Technology, Xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Zhejiang University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Nanjing University.

There are Wuhan University, Sichuan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Jilin University, Xiamen University, Dalian University of Technology, Shandong University, Tongji University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Southeast University, Central South University, Chongqing University, Lanzhou University and Northwest A&F University. In addition, the National Defense Science and Technology University is a deputy military level (equivalent to a deputy ministerial level).