1. diploma, also known as "diploma". Diploma obtained by graduates. It shows that the holder has studied certain scientific and cultural knowledge in a certain level of school system, which is an important basis for selecting cadres and evaluating positions. Graduation certificates of institutions of higher learning are uniformly issued by the State Education Commission. Since 1985, there are two kinds of undergraduate diplomas in colleges and universities: one is the ordinary diploma, which is issued to graduates who have not obtained a bachelor's degree; The other is a certificate that combines a diploma with a bachelor's degree and is issued to graduates who have obtained a bachelor's degree. The latter also marks the academic level of the educated.

2. Because diplomas play a very important role in China society, especially university diplomas are often forged. The reason why they are forged is because the current anti-counterfeiting level of certificates is too low, and some units and departments are lax in supervision. With the development of network technology, the anti-counterfeiting level of graduation certificate has been continuously improved, among which anti-counterfeiting query is the highest level of certificate anti-counterfeiting. College diplomas are also well protected from forgery.