China has 9,151 secondary vocational schools (including technical schools),
1,554 higher vocational colleges, 124 vocational undergraduate institutions and
52 regular universities offer vocational bachelor programs. Higher vocational
institutions comprise more than half of the country's higher education sector.
As of end-2025, the Vocational Education Program Catalog lists 19 major
subject groups, 97 subject categories and 1,491 programs, covering sectors
across the national economy and fully spanning 41 major industrial categories.
